Steven Leyva
Poet, Associate Professor at the University of Baltimore, Nerd, Author of THE UNDERSTUDY’S HANDBOOK and THE OPPOSITE OF CRUELTY
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- Reposted by Steven Leyva#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
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- Poem and the poem that inspired it
- Poems are enough to move a human soul
- Big News!
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- Dear poetry lovers, want to help me reach the “1000-books-sold” mark and send my second book to a second printing? Consider purchasing THE OPPOSITE OF CRUELTY, published by @blairpub.bsky.social I’ve sold 887 copies & w/ a little help we can make it to 1000! blairpub.com/shop/p/the-o...
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- Reading 📖, literacy, & critical thinking are probably the most valuable job skills in this moment of techno-fatalism and fascist hysteria. Poems, Novels, & Memoirs are the strength training for the muscle of your imagination. Journalism is the cardio. Conversation the cooldown
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- Might be a good time to read or read this poem www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43076/...
- O’s. Magic.
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- Beach been my job
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- Lovely night reading in Lancaster, PA
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- My Father’s Day gift was gathering the family and watching GATTACA together. I think this is a film that can speak cogently to 2025. “You want to know how I did it, Anton? I didn’t save anything for the swim back”
- My goodness. This is a conversation that everyone needs to hear w/ Lauren K. Watel podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
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- Poems > Gossip
- “There are four lights!” #iykyk #startrekTNG
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- New poem (1/2) in Bear Review
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- When I’m back on my BS
- Envy, ultimately, may be the source of all writer’s block. Curiosity can transform envy. Protect your ability to sustain curiosity.
- Sort of in love with this accidental screenshot. S/o to @ofpoetrypodcast.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Steven LeyvaTexas conservatives who've championed book bans & anti-LGBT policies suffered big losses tonight in school board races. And They seem to have lost their working majorities to pass their policies in big school boards. I tracked these results in FOUR boards tonight. So a 🧵 on each ICYMI.
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- Check out this wonderful addition of Book Notes hosted by @jkrummeck.bsky.social . She was gracious enough to have me on the radio talking about #theoppositeofcruelty www.wbjc.com/2025/host-bl...
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- Well — bless my poems bare heart! Thanks for reading and sharing this one
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- Me and @hanvanderhart.bsky.social w/ all our poems
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- Another chance to hear me read from THE OPPOSITE OF CRUELTY at Howard Community College April, 8th 4pm - 5:45. I am reading with my illustrious colleague, @janedelury.bsky.social. We will be discussing writing about place.
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