Tomorrow night at the Ivy Bookshop with Arielle Hebert & @stevenleyva.bsky.social ✨. We will be inside to avoid the storms, come thru ✨
Steven Leyva
@stevenleyva.bsky.social
Poet, Associate Professor at the University of Baltimore, Nerd, Author of THE UNDERSTUDY’S HANDBOOK and THE OPPOSITE OF CRUELTY
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On Poetry: June 2026 | Washington Independent Review of Books
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BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKHAUL PART 1. The Opposite of Cruelty by Steven Leyva The World wasn't ready for you by Justin C. Key Out There Screaming- Black Horror Anthology Jackal by Erin E. Adams Year of the Mer by L.D. Lewis #booksky #blacksky #blackauthors #bookhaul ##bookfestival #blerd #staynerdy
Awesome aural resonance in this reading of my poem. This is the third time someone has read it aloud and posted a recording of it. I’m really thankful that people want to read this poem aloud.
Six is legs.@thesix.bsky.social · 3mo agoSeeing in the dark more than a meal. Limerence by Steven Leyva #Voice by me.
Seeing in the dark more than a meal. Limerence by Steven Leyva #Voice by me.
Poet @stevenleyva.bsky.social reading at @awpwriter.org. Leyva is the author of The Understudy’s Handbook & The Opposite of Cruelty (Blair). Poems appear in @smartishpace.bsky.social. C U in Chicago! #poetry #poet #smartishpace #AWP #bmoreart #AWP26 #AWP27 youtu.be/1MdNZAzt6Sk?... via @YouTube
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“A debut of startling promise, specific pleasure, and honest love.” #poetry of @jaiofearth.bsky.social Review by @stevenleyva.bsky.social
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On Poetry: April 2026 | Washington Independent Review of Books
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Steven Leyva discusses his poetry collection, 'The Opposite of Cruelty.' He will talk about the work more at Unbound Book Festival's Warp Speed Ahead: Nerd Culture and Literature panel.
Unbound Conversations: Steven Leyva's poetic journey finding 'The Opposite of Cruelty'
Steven Leyva discusses his poetry collection, 'The Opposite of Cruelty.' He will talk about the work more at Unbound Book Festival's Warp Speed Ahead: Nerd Culture and Literature panel.
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A Special Edition Lair Poetry Corner!! Ode to Storm,Goddess, Thief, Mutant, Queen by Steven Leyva #booksky #blacksky #poetry #nerdypoetry #blerd #staynerdy
(Jumping in from another field to add that no one can honestly be invested in changing any field if preparation for that field also requires perpetuating cruel historical practices.)
No matter how much we may have suffered under certain harsh, toxic, or oppressive forms of art education (creative writing ✍🏾 in this case) it is cruel to “haze” our students, thinking it prepares them for the “industry”. Suffering is not the only road to resilience.
!!!! It was such a great poem and I very much i enjoyed it. I hope i did it some modicum of Justice 💜
River River Books authors at the co-reading with Blair last night! Many thanks to @stevenleyva.bsky.social and University of Baltimore for hosting us!
A quick morning Lair Poetry Corner! Ode to Lando Calrissian by Steven Leyva #booksky #poetry #blacksky #nerdypoems #blerd #staynerdy
Come talk book reviewing with us at the University of Baltimore TONIGHT at 6 p.m.! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/the... @stevenleyva.bsky.social @hsmithwrites.bsky.social #booksky
So, I’m thinking about writers who run running routes for @awpwriter.org with literary landmarks. When we run by University of Baltimore I’ll say, “your favorite poet’s favorite poets went here: Steven Leyva, Tonee Mae Moll, Tafisha Edwards…etc etc etc.”
#Poetry: Doesn’t it teach us how to mourn so that we’ll value having lived? @stevenleyva.bsky.social asks in his stirring review of Rara Avis by @blasfalconer.bsky.social in @wirobooks.bsky.social
Very excited to be doing my first Wilde Readings event, with Steven Leyva, on Tuesday, January 13, 7:00-8:30 PM, at Queen Takes Book bookstore in Columbia, MD! There's also an open mic after our readings, if you're BOLD. :) More info and a fun interview here: hocopolitso.org #HoCoPoLitSo
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Why middle age is the perfect time to revisit Middle Earth. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/a-m... @stevenleyva.bsky.social #booksky
I saw poet @stevenleyva.bsky.social and several other Cave Canem poets this afternoon at Motor House here in Baltimore. Check out Steven’s incredible new collection - “The Opposite of Cruelty” - here: blairpub.com/shop/p/the-o...
