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The Grantwood Poetry Reading Series
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Deeply honored to be invited to perform work at The Grantwood Poetry Reading Series. Please join us on Thursday, December 4 from 7pm-9pm for a selection of my work and an open mic. I will also have copies of my new poetry chapbook, “What Sharp Teeth” available for purchase. Come with poetry to perform or…
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Jersey City Poetry Fest
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Featured Poet in the “100 Words” Ensemble Performance So honored to be sharing the stage on Saturday, September 20 with an incredible line-up of Jersey City poets! JCPOFEST is a festival for The People, illuminating the tapestry of human connection that transcends the boundaries of individual studies and mediums. We celebrate the joy of literacy…
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Mystical Poetics: Queering the Infinite
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Class Hosted By Bi+ Book Gang I am very excited to announce I will be teaching a virtual class next week for Bi+ Book Gang, that is open to the public! Please join me on Tuesday, September 9 at 5pm PST/8pm EST for a class on MYSTICAL POETICS: Queering the Infinite. We will be discussing mysticism…
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There’s A Lot To Unpack Here at Young Ethel’s
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So delighted to have the opportunity to return to this event, in a new venue! Join us for an evening of unpacking poetry at Young Ethels! This event is free with a one drink minimum!PURCHASE TICKETS HERE FEATURED PERFORMERSScott LaudatiSarah GamardCyn Grace SylvieCaroline GeogheganJoey2CozySean Glatch TALTUH invites poets, patrons of the art, and those who…
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Feral Self-Care: Season 3 Cohort Educator
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So excited to be a part of this exciting class program! Please join me and an incredible group of teachers for the third season of THE FERAL SELF-CARE COLLECTIVE, hosted by @healingforhotmesses . I will be teaching a class on channeling through the written word called “MAGIC ANIMALS: A Mystical Poetry Class”. Classes begin JULY 8! Registration…
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New York City Poetry Fest: Poetopia
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One of my favorite poetry events of the year is swiftly approaching, and I am very pleased to announce that I will be a part of the performances. The New York City Poetry Festival theme this year is Poetopia, which encourages attendees and poets alike to reimage the poetic future. I will be performing my work with Jersey…
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Hudson County Poetry Fest
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Very proud to be representing Jersey City Writers @jcwriters as a featured performer at the inaugural Hudson County Poetry Fest! Please join us on Saturday, March 29 at 5:15pm on the main stage to see work performed by @jcwriters featured poets, @carm.envartand @cyngracesylvie , hosted by the talented @sjbythegram . Please come out to enjoy a showcase hosted by @emajian of some of the most talented…
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There’s A Lot To Unpack Here
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Very excited to be a part of this wonderful lineup of poets! Please join us on Sunday, December 15 at @brandedsaloon for an evening of poetry and interviews on what makes our poems tick. I have the honor of sharing the stage with @epmatthews22 , @anna_szil , @psycherosapress , @erikahfernanda , and @thatjillian . A portion of proceeds will be donated to @mecaforpeace .
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Stonewall 50 Celebration With Tiona McClodden
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I’m truly honored to be participating in this historic event. Please join myself and other talented artists this Thursday at the Whitney Museum for performances in commemoration of the Stonewall Riots. Our host and curator, Tiona Nekia McClodden will be debuting her new performance, “Iron Fist In A Velvet Glove,” and I will performing a…
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Queer Magic: Power Beyond Boundaries: Book Launch & Reading
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This Thursday, please join us at Catland Books for the launch of the new anthology, “Queer Magic: Power Beyond Boundaries” edited by Lee Harrington and Tai Fenix Kulystin. I along with other talented readers and magic practitioners will be reading a selection of work to celebrate. A selection of magical libations will be served. A…
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Introduction to Tarot Class at Eurydice Gallery
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After a great many requests, I’m very excited to announce that I will be teaching my first tarot class next week at Euridice Gallery next Tuesday. Details below, hope you can make it out! *** Have you been interested in learning tarot, but unsure where to start? Are you a novice tarot reader, hoping to…
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Math Magazine: Issue 5
I’m very pleased to announce that Math Magazine: Issue 5 is now available for pre-order. I have been a great fan of the periodical since its inception, and the work Mackenzie Peck and her team are doing in the realm of art, feminism and human sexuality. I’m truly honored to have my piece, “The Wilting…
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Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern
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Very glad I had the opportunity to view this exhibit prior to its closing at The Brooklyn Museum a little over a month ago. O’Keeffe’s work is so universally recognized today, it makes it almost difficult to come at it with a clean critical perspective. I found it refreshing that the exhibit, rather than concentrating…
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Fet-Erotica Issue 6
Issue 6 of Fet-Erotica Magazine is out now, and includes my poem, “The Forbidden Tryptich.” It’s a lovely periodical, and NSFW in the best way possible. Available in print and digital formats. Grab your copy here.
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Epiphany Magazine Spring/Summer Launch
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Please join me and other writers on July 10th at The Strand to celebrate the launch of Epiphany Magazine’s Spring/Summer Issue. I will be reading from my story, “Last Minute Travellers” which is featured in the issue. Following the readings, there will be discussion by celebrated literary figures and issue judges Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, Patricia Smith,…
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The Sunday Bite
The same Restaurant The same Night hours Apart tell me Why fate Would do Such nonsense To us What kind Of cruel Game is that Bitch playing My god Why why In hell Why did You go My shadow Bent over The table As you — Enjoy your meal.
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Broken Books
One’s computer should never do this. But if it were to do so, the best place to get it remedied is the Apple shop in Grand Central. Over the din of hysterical, frantic computer users trying to salvage their files, you have the luxury to gaze out over one of the last vestiges of great…
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“Loretta” by John C. Kacere
My latest art acquisition… John C. Kacere (23 June 1920 – 5 August 1999) was an American artist. Originally an abstract expressionist, Kacere adopted a photorealist style in 1963. Nearly all of his photorealist paintings depict the midsection of the female body. He is considered one of the original photorealists, although he rejected the term. Kacere…
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Thoughts On Flight
Slow Sundays. Waking with the sun. Grey linen and pink skin. Small apartments, slow journeys home. Hanging on to the thought of two pigeons tied together at the foot, whether they would fight one another for their freedom, or whether it would occur to them that they were bound to one another in the first place.…
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Memento Mori
I want it to get easier. Memory wiped clean like a tabletop. Freed of the need to avoid certain objects, words, and sounds. Hissing, hitting the ceiling when I fail in the endeavor, when an idle glance accidentally brings it all screaming back into razor sharp focus. I no longer wish to have to circumnavigate…
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Beginning & End
Everything becomes a lost place eventually. Welcome to a new lost place.
Cyn Grace Sylvie (she/they) is a queer neurodivergent writer and spiritual educator whose work explores the internal drives and subversive desires of human experience, through the lens of mythology, sensuality, magic and mysticism. Cyn is a recipient of Epiphany Magazine’s 2017 Short Nonfiction Prize, and long-listed as a Notable Nonfiction Selection in ‘The Best American Essays of 2018’ (Mariner Books). Their writing has appeared in The Literary Review, The Dewdrop, Open Secrets Magazine, and The Rumpus. They are the founder of TAROT CHURCH, an educational movement that aims to destigmatize tarot across faith systems. They are first generation Italian-American diaspora, and reside in Jersey City, NJ.
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