Tag Archives: Jade Sylvan

How to Be a Good Poet, a Successful Performer, and a Girl, All at the Same Time

by Jade Sylvan A couple months ago I was performing at a spoken word venue with a strong youth scene. My friend, the adult slammaster who was also one of the youth team coaches, asked me to come talk to … Continue reading

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Why Queer is the New Straight White Male

by Jade Sylvan When I originally conceived of this post, I was going to call it “What’s Good About Straight White Men.” I was planning to write about how, as frustratingly homogenous as the “Western Canon” of literature is, the … Continue reading

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Facebook and the Development of the Personal Protagonist

By Jade Sylvan I have tons of Facebook friends I’ve never met in real life. These friends engage with my Facebook personality, which, as I’ve written it, is a pretty cryptic, absurd voice. They like its statuses. They comment on … Continue reading

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The “Wandering Poet” Myth RE: DIY Touring: A Conversation w/ Brian S. Ellis

By Jade Sylvan Jade Sylvan: So I’ve been thinking a lot of the modern sort of Punk Rock DIY touring that happens now, you know, like, people in a car driving to a place, and sometimes you have a big … Continue reading

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The First Patriarch of Rock & Roll: Bob Dylan and the Prophet Archetype

By Jade Sylvan (excerpted from the forthcoming book, More Popular Than Jesus: The Beatles and the Mythology of Rock by Jade Sylvan and Steve Wagner) “I felt right at home in this mythical realm made up not with individuals so … Continue reading

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Two Poems by Jade Sylvan

The Meadows By Jade Sylvan Some teachers will tell you that Las Vegas was first settled by thirty missionaries of Brigham Young on a charge to convert the Indians, a fort built on what is now the Vegas Strip was … Continue reading

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