Meet the Readers: Darshita Jain

Darshita Jain is journalist, poet and arts administrator. An immigrant in Chicago, she now calls the city home and works to build equitable arts admin systems within the city. She has worked as programming director, public events manager, residency director and outreach director for art institutes and currently serves on the board for the Chicago Poetry Center. She is also the Essays editor at Honey Literary and Communications editor at YesYes Books. She runs a bi-mohtly poetry show, Roomani, at the Collaboraction theatre in Humboldt park and does grassroots PR for poets she loves with Ghutarghoo Productions. 

Please join Darshita and our other amazing readers on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026 in the upstairs bar at Hopleaf. Doors open at 7pm, and the show starts at 7:30. It's free, and 21-and-over. Please RSVP on Facebook.