Overhear Poetry Reading

Sylvia Jones pays the bills working as an adjunct professor at George Washington University and as poetry editor for Black Lawrence Press—she also serves as a senior reader for Ploughshares. Her first book —Television Fathers was released last year. Her next book, Dope Callisthenics, is forthcoming from Relegation books in the fall of 2026. Her writing appears in DIAGRAM, Smartish Pace,Shenandoah, R&R Journal, Blackbird, the American Poetry Review, and elsewhere. Sylvia earned her M.F.A. from American University in Washington D.C. and lives in Baltimore, MD

Lisa Rogal is a poet and teacher living in Brooklyn, NY. She is the author of la belle indifference (Cuneiform Press), Feed Me Weird Things (Ugly Duckling Presse), Morning Ritual (United Artists Books), and The New Realities (Third Floor Apartment Press). Her writing has most recently appeared in Copenhagen and Hurricane Review. She is co-editor of Long News Poetry & Poetics.

Jay Gaunt is a poet and musician living in New York. His work has…