JASMINE MANS is a queer Black American slam poet and performance artist from Newark, New Jersey. Jasmine’s poetry book, Black Girl, Call Home (Penguin Random House) has been named one of Oprah Magazine’s Most Anticipated LGBTQ Books. The book is now available for pre-order. Her work has been featured in Elle, Oprah Magazine, and many others. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin Madison, with a B.A. in African American Studies. Jasmine’s poetry has gone viral many times over on YouTube. She has opened packed shows for Mos Def, Janelle Monae, and Goapele, and performed at such esteemed venues as the Kennedy Center, Broadway's New Amsterdam Theater, the Wisconsin Governor’s Mansion, and the Sundance Film Festival. Mans also participated in "Brave New Voices", an 8-episode poetry documentary on HBO.

Jasmine has written for and performed voiceover work for a number of campaigns including Secret, PANGAIA, and Nowness, to name a few. She can currently be heard as the voice of Ulta Beauty’s national “Muse” campaign, honoring Black women in the hair and beauty industry.

Her debut collection of poetry, Chalk Outlines of Snow Angels, was published in 2012. Mans is the resident poet at the Newark Public Library. Jasmine also led Newark Symphony Hall’s #EmbraceNewark initiative, which featured writings, footage, and photography from local Black artists documenting their pandemic experience. 

Jasmine created the company Buy Weed From Women, where she sells her own designs in support of women working in the cannabis industry.