Jayson P. Smith (they/them) is a poet, performance artist, curator, & educator from the Bronx. Primarily working within language, sound, and movement, their work is interested in Black performance/interiority, collaboration, & somatic practices.
Most recently a 2024 Hawthornden Brooklyn Writer in Residence, J's poetry has received support from NYFA, The Poetry Project, and Callaloo, among others. Recent poems have been published in the Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day, field meridians, & html.review.
Their performance work has been featured at JACK, Center for Performance Research, and The Guggenheim. Jayson founded NOMAD Readings in 2016, which they continue to host and curate. Jayson is currently a dancer with J. Bouey Dance Projects & Asę Dance Theater. Find them at www.jaysonpsmith.com.
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