Poet Coded: a Reading
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

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

Step Right Up: Spectacle, Mask, and Minstrelsy in Tyehimba Jess's Olio.

Talk on Tyehimba Jess’s Olio at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Step Right Up: Spectacle, Mask, and Minstrelsy in Tyehimba Jess’s Olio. Program in Comparative & World Literature, Tuesday, Feb 7, 5:30-6:30pm

Communal Spaces 2022

Communal Spaces 2022 is going up weekends in September. Free outdoor theater!

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First Book Institute at CALS

David was selected for Penn State’s Center for American Literary Studies First Book Institute this summer, moderated by Sean X. Goudie and Priscilla Wald.

Andres Montoya Prize finalist

Letras Latinas announced that The Cats of Old San Juan is a finalist for the 2022 Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize with the University of Notre Dame Press, chosen by Adela Najarro and Ariel Francisco.

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