Steven Leyva @stevenleyva.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Sometimes you gotta jump, jive, and wail — oooooooohhhhh #micropoeticas #onesentencecrafttalk 000
Reposted by Steven Leyvazephyrpress.bsky.social @zephyrpress.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Thank you @wirobooks.bsky.social for this review! 033
Reposted by Steven LeyvaWashington Independent Review of Books @wirobooks.bsky.social · 20/08/2026New collections to make life more lyrical. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/on-... @zephyrpress.bsky.social @stevenleyva.bsky.social #poetry #booksky #yauchingwashingtonindependentreviewofbooks.comOn Poetry: August 2026 | Washington Independent Review of BooksThe Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books. 173
Reposted by Steven LeyvaAlina Stefanescu @alinaetc.bsky.social · 12/06/2023I’ve been thinking about this poem by @sdleyva all weekend. poems.com/poem/a-poem-avoiding-its-…poems.com"A Poem Avoiding Its Own Tour of Force" by Steven Leyvafrom Smartish Pace 031
Reposted by Steven LeyvaCortney Lamar Charleston @bardsbesidebars.bsky.social · 09/04/2024Another day, another new poem at @therumpus.bsky.social in celebration of National Poetry Month. You can enjoy Steven Leyva's excellent "Full Benefits & S.S. Checks" at the link! therumpus.net/2024/04/09/n...therumpus.netNational Poetry Month: Steven Leyva - The Rumpus:: one month of gap coverage :: can’t be sick / in August :: can’t be this tired today :: can’t be poor ever :: 052
Reposted by Steven Leyvaglitterature @glitterature.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Tomorrow night at the Ivy Bookshop with Arielle Hebert & @stevenleyva.bsky.social ✨. We will be inside to avoid the storms, come thru ✨ 011
Reposted by Steven LeyvaWashington Independent Review of Books @wirobooks.bsky.social · 18/06/2026New collections to make life more lyrical. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/on-... @cavankerrypress.bsky.social @stevenleyva.bsky.social #bookskywashingtonindependentreviewofbooks.comOn Poetry: June 2026 | Washington Independent Review of BooksThe Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books. 0104
Steven Leyva @stevenleyva.bsky.social · 18/06/2026www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/on-... My latest reviewwashingtonindependentreviewofbooks.comOn Poetry: June 2026 | Washington Independent Review of BooksThe Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books. 000
Steven Leyva @stevenleyva.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I appreciate you reading it. Those are some of my favorite lines 020
Reposted by Steven LeyvaThe Book Dragons Lair @hammerofthedragon.bsky.social · 18/04/2026BOOK 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 071
Steven Leyva @stevenleyva.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Awesome 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. 021
Steven Leyva @stevenleyva.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Thank you for sharing this, and what a beautiful reading of my poem. 000
Reposted by Steven LeyvaSix is ravenous and profane. @thesix.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Seeing in the dark more than a meal. Limerence by Steven Leyva #Voice by me. 474
Reposted by Steven LeyvaSmartish Pace @smartishpace.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Poet @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 @YouTubeyoutu.beSteven Leyva Poetry ReadingYouTube video by SmartishPace 062
Steven Leyva @stevenleyva.bsky.social · 30/04/2026youtu.be/pHjD58wjFp4?...youtu.beMarianne Chan, Justin Marks & Steven Leyva Poetry ReadingYouTube video by SmartishPace 011
Reposted by Steven LeyvaChristina Daub @christinadaub.bsky.social · 23/04/2026“A debut of startling promise, specific pleasure, and honest love.” #poetry of @jaiofearth.bsky.social Review by @stevenleyva.bsky.social 053
Reposted by Steven LeyvaWashington Independent Review of Books @wirobooks.bsky.social · 23/04/2026New collections to make life more lyrical. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/on-... @stevenleyva.bsky.social @ohiostatepress.bsky.social @jaiofearth.bsky.social #bookskywashingtonindependentreviewofbooks.comOn Poetry: April 2026 | Washington Independent Review of BooksThe Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books. 062
Reposted by Steven LeyvaKBIA @kbianews.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Steven 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.kbia.orgUnbound 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. 012
Reposted by Steven LeyvaThe Book Dragons Lair @hammerofthedragon.bsky.social · 17/04/2026A Special Edition Lair Poetry Corner!! Ode to Storm,Goddess, Thief, Mutant, Queen by Steven Leyva #booksky #blacksky #poetry #nerdypoetry #blerd #staynerdy 094
Reposted by Steven Leyvasuse anderson @shineslike.bsky.social · 20/04/2026(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.) 121
Steven Leyva @stevenleyva.bsky.social · 20/04/2026I agree wholeheartedly. Friend it is fundamentally nonsensical and rooted in an unhealthy and unexamined desire to form a malformed kinship by making someone else suffer they way one has suffered. Not everything needs to be a trail by fire 🔥. 010
Steven Leyva @stevenleyva.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Cruelty is not a rite of passage but an aberration. We need not need to adopt the rhetoric and praxis of the military to educate and inspire young and emerging writers. 000
Steven Leyva @stevenleyva.bsky.social · 20/04/2026And it before any “grit” is possible, what that hazing creates is an immense erosion of trust which is deadly to the imagination of the artist. We don’t need to be mean or harsh to prepare students for a harsh world. We need to be honest and supportive (which doesn’t mean pollyannaish). 110
Steven Leyva @stevenleyva.bsky.social · 20/04/2026No 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. 330
Reposted by Steven LeyvaThe Book Dragons Lair @hammerofthedragon.bsky.social · 11/03/2026!!!! It was such a great poem and I very much i enjoyed it. I hope i did it some modicum of Justice 💜 011
Reposted by Steven LeyvaRiver River Books @riverriverbooks.bsky.social · 07/03/2026River River Books authors at the co-reading with Blair last night! Many thanks to @stevenleyva.bsky.social and University of Baltimore for hosting us! 4236
Steven Leyva @stevenleyva.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Thank you so much for highlighting my poem. Glad you enjoyed it 110
Reposted by Steven LeyvaThe Book Dragons Lair @hammerofthedragon.bsky.social · 26/02/2026A quick morning Lair Poetry Corner! Ode to Lando Calrissian by Steven Leyva #booksky #poetry #blacksky #nerdypoems #blerd #staynerdy 181
Reposted by Steven LeyvaWashington Independent Review of Books @wirobooks.bsky.social · 19/02/2026On Poetry: February 2026. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/on-... @stevenleyva.bsky.social @riotinyourthroat.bsky.social #booksky 043
Reposted by Steven LeyvaWashington Independent Review of Books @wirobooks.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Come 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 053
Steven Leyva @stevenleyva.bsky.social · 14/02/2026New Poem published today www.pergolalit.com/poetry/steve...pergolalit.comSteven Leyva | Pergola Literary Magazine 042
Reposted by Steven Leyvaglitterature @glitterature.bsky.social · 13/01/2026So, 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.” 121
Reposted by Steven LeyvaChristina Daub @christinadaub.bsky.social · 16/01/2026#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 063
Reposted by Steven LeyvaMoCo Underground Writers Showcase @mocounderground.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Very 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 #HoCoPoLitSohocopolitso.orgHoCoPoLitSoLet there be lit. 072
Reposted by Steven LeyvaWashington Independent Review of Books @wirobooks.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Why middle age is the perfect time to revisit Middle Earth. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/a-m... @stevenleyva.bsky.social #booksky 052
Reposted by Steven LeyvaWashington Independent Review of Books @wirobooks.bsky.social · 18/12/2025On Poetry: December 2025. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/on-... @stevenleyva.bsky.social #booksky 022
Reposted by Steven LeyvaStone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 07/12/2025I 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... 0113
Reposted by Steven LeyvaDr. Han VanderHart @hanvanderhart.bsky.social · 12/04/2025The poets / the poems 🌸 🌼 @stevenleyva.bsky.social @blairpub.bsky.social @ohiounivpress.bsky.social blairpub.com/shop/p/the-o... www.ohioswallow.com/978082142591... 0164
Reposted by Steven LeyvaJamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social · 15/11/2025On Dec 4, I'll be part of this reading at Fadensonnen in Baltimore. I hope people will come. No word on whether the pink bunny will show yet. 1118