Poetry Night at the Library, September 10, 2024 6pm. Hudson Park Library. With Shayla Lawz, Zefyr Lisowski, and David M. de León.
Poetry Night at the Library, September 10, 2024 6pm. Hudson Park Library. With Shayla Lawz, Zefyr Lisowski, and David M. de León.

Poetry Night at the Library: September 10, 6pm

Come join us for a lovely night of poetry from featured poets Shayla Lawz, Zefyr Lisowski, and David M. de León and stay for an open mic afterwards to share or hear from others. Signups for the open mic are first come, first serve, and doors will open at 5:45.

A nighttime scene on the rocky paseo del morro in Old San Juan, a small cat sits on top of a rock and looks at the camera

Daily Kos: The Battle over Cats in Old San Juan

Denise Oliver Velez writes on the National Parks Service’s ongoing push to “remove” the cats from el paseo del morro, and quotes from the poem and book project The Cats of Old San Juan. Caribbean Matters: The Battle over Cats in Old San Juan

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Semi-Finalist in the Snowbound Chapbook Award at Tupelo Press

On a Field in the Present was selected as a semifinalist for Tupelo Press’s snowbound chapbook prize.

Spring Rock Band and ensemble Showcase June 8th & 15th @ Connolly's, free, 121 W. 45th St, 3rd Fl. 5-10pm.

Alternative Rock Band Set

Playing guitar with Audiohead at Connolly’s on June 8th @ 7:10pm for a 90s set Full youtube playlist here

Poet Coded: a Reading

Poet Coded: A Reading, April 10 7pm @ Unnameable Books

I’ll be reading at Unnameable Books with Walter Ancarrow, Emily Lee Luan, Shannon Pulusan, and Mya Matteo Alexice. 615 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, April 10 7pm.

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CUNYGC IRADAC Fellowship

Proud to announce that I am a 2023-2024 Post-Doctoral Fellow / Research Associate at the Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean (IRADAC) at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. From the website: “The Institute for Research on the African

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Button Poetry 2022 Chapbook Contest Finalist

My chapbook Paseo Cats is a finalist over at Button Poetry‘s 2022 chapbook contest!

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Poetry Reading for Emma Safir’s Peripeteia

Join us for a closing event and the launch of the Blade Study publication Emma Safir: peripeteia and poetry readings by Tobi Kassim, Luiza Dale, Imani Elizabeth Jackson and David M. de León. Blade Study17 Pike St. New York NY 10002 Saturday 4/29 6-8pm

Still from Everything Everywhere All at Once

“All at Once, the Multiverse Is Everywhere” in The Yale Review

Why today’s movies, TV shows, and literature love branching timelines and many worlds

Poetry Night at the Library, Feb 16, 6pm

Poetry Night at the Library: Feb 16, 6pm

Come join us for a lovely night of poetry! Witness contemporary, groundbreaking work by featured poets David M. de León and Jade Yeung and stay for an open mic afterwards to share your own work or hear from others. Signups for the open mic are first come, first served, and

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