Beth Ann Gylys[1] (born 1964 Passaic, New Jersey) is a poet and professor of English and Creative Writing at Georgia State University.
[8] In 2023 Georgia State University received a Mellon Foundation grant to start a literary journal called Beyond Bars.
Gylys is the principal investigator for the project which connects incarcerated individuals can contribute writings and artwork for the journal.
[9] Gylys' poem "Erratic Gardener" was featured on an episode of Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion in 1999.
[11] She is married to Thomas Forsthoefel who is Professor of Religious Studies at Mercyhurst College and the Erie County, PA, Poet Laureate.