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The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.

The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.

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The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.

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.

Let there be lit.

Steven Leyva’s second collection of poetry renders beauty through a Black man’s lens in a post-pandemic world populated with superheroes and characters from ancient mythology.

ALT: a girl with white hair is reading a book and holding a cup

I Jesús, Estrella, Esperanza, Mercy: Sails flashing to the wind like weapons, sharks following the moans the fever and the dying; horror the corposant and compass rose. Middle Passage: voyage through ...