official jester of sugar hill
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Jay Délise (they/them) (official jester of Sugar Hill) is a writer, performance artist, and eater of grapes, based in Harlem, New York. They have performed at The United Nations, The Schomburg Center, Judson Church, The Pulitzer Center, and Roundhouse. Their 2020 self-published poetry collection “tenderhead.” debuted at #1 in poetry audiobooks on Libro.fm and their work has been featured in publications including Glass Poetry Press, Huffington Post, Lucky Jefferson, AFROPUNK, Brooklyn Poets, Vagabond City, and Triangle House.

Jay has been a teacher and clown consultant/director for almost a decade (old), and their work smells of mischief, church giggles, and being barefoot on unfinished hardwood floors. They enjoy stealing from white people, bad wigs, being gay, fart jokes, jazz music, free art, assuming their mother/father wounds are undetectable, and writing poems about them anyway…