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Published Poems

‘New San Juan (Rican-Futurism is a tidepool machine…)‘‘New San Juan (Mama’s Name was Loíza…‘‘Schrödinger’s Cats of New San Juan‘in Ate Mais: Until More, the Anthology of Latinx Futurisms ‘Lamento Borincano‘ audio versionin The Volta ‘The Cats of Old San Juan‘in At Length Magazine ‘The Cats of Old San Juan (Three

Reprints

New San Juan (Rican futurism…_)New San Juan (Mama’s name…)Schrödinger’s Cats of Old San Juanfirst seen in Ate Mais: Until More DiasporaBermuda Trianglefirst seen in AGNI 93 On a Field in the Presentin Pleiades Magazine (41.1) The Cats of Old San Juan (Three Poems)first seen in The Indiana Review (Winter 2021)

Prose

Academic Publications “Step Right Up: The Many Minstrel Shows of Tyehimba Jess’s Olio” in African American Reviewforthcoming, 2024 Creative Nonfiction All at Once, the Multiverse is Everywhere in The Yale Review Fiction ‘Trouble‘ in Strange Horizons Reviews Many years writing music, film, and culture criticism for Impose Magazine, JustPressPlay, and

Production Highlights

Communal Spaces 2019 Communal Spaces 2018 Communal Spaces 2015 Both the chronology of one of Brooklyn’s many historic community gardens, and an epic clash between the audience and some evil gentrifying robots. Grab your water gun and protect the garden! Written by David M. deLeon, directed by P. Tyler Brittpart

Theater

Playwriting Acting

Contact

David is available for readings and other events. Please use the form below or email david at davimdeleon.com

Poetry

Poems Appearing in Magazines Poetry Reprints Audio & Music Poem Sequences and Chapbooks

About

David M. de León (any pronouns) is a genderqueer Puerto Rican writer, academic, and theater artist of mixed and African descent. They have a Ph.D. from Yale, a B.A. from Hunter College CUNY, and served as a senior editor at The Yale Review. David’s poetry manuscript The Cats of Old

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