Assistant Professor – University of Nevada, Reno
June 16, 2026
David has accepted a position as assistant professor at the University of Nevada, Reno for Fall 2026.
Critical/Creative Talk at the Pratt Institute: Feb. 11 2026
January 23, 2026
On behalf of the Cultural Research and Practice Lab, Dalia Davoudi and Shayla Lawz invite you to a talk and performance by David M. de León on Montuno: Poetics, Improvisation, and Liveness. Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2026 | Time: 5PM | This talk is open to the public. A reception will follow.
Reading: The Limerence Object book launch
October 24, 2025
Join us on November 7th as these five talented poets (Mya Matteo Alexice, Thomas Dunn, Kenny Bradley, David M. de León and Mark Faunlagui) read their own work in celebration and conversation with Mya Matteo Alexice’s new chapbook The Limerence Object. Register at NYPL.
Disturbing the Peace: A Poets Out Loud Event
October 16, 2025
Join the @hivemindbookstore and Poets Out Loud community on October 22nd for Disturbing the Peace, a poetry reading and open mic series to uplift marginalized voices and fundraise for a better world. This month, we’re raising funds for GLITS, a Brooklyn-based organization that helps black and trans New Yorkers access
Hunter College Assistant Professor
August 29, 2025
David is an adjunct assistant professor at CUNY Hunter for the Fall 2025 semester
“Step Right Up: The Many Minstrel Shows of Tyehimba Jess’s Olio” in African American Review
May 5, 2025
“Step Right Up: The Many Minstrel Shows of Tyehimba Jess’s Olio” is live at African American Review Volume 57.3-4 (Fall/Winter 2024). Download link (Project MUSE)
Updated Poetry Reprints
May 1, 2025
One of the consequences of publishing for two decades is that lots of things you’ve published disappear into the web or inaccessible print journals. I’ve added back a lot of them to the Poetry Reprints page and the Published Poems page.
Ate Mais: Until More. The Anthology of Latinx Futurisms
January 24, 2025
Ate Mais: Until More is out now with Deep Vellum Press. Order your copy here. Featuring David M. de León and 40 other contemporary latinx poets. From the website: Até Mais: Until More gathers poets from a diverse spectrum of Latinidad, sharing their truths, visions, wonderments, fears, and revelations. Visions
Poetry Night at the Library: September 10, 6pm
September 3, 2024
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.
Daily Kos: The Battle over Cats in Old San Juan
August 9, 2024
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