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Authors Reading Series
Steven Leyva
September 30th, 2026
Steven Leyva was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and raised
in Houston, Texas. His poems have appeared in Smartish Pace,
Scalawag, Poetry, Nashville Review, jubilat, The Hopkins Review, Prairie Schooner, and Best American Poetry 2020. He is a Cave Canem fellow and author of the chapbook Low Parish and author of The Understudy’s Handbook which won the Jean Feldman Poetry Prize from Washington Writers Publishing House. His second book of poems, The Opposite of Cruelty, was published by Blair Publishing in Spring 2025. Steven holds an MFA from the University of Baltimore, where he is an associate professor, and former co- director of the Klein Family Center of Communications Design.
Authors Reading Series
S.A. Cosby
March 3rd, Spring 2026
S. A. Cosby is an Anthony Award-winning writer from Southeastern Virginia. He is the author of the instant New York Times bestseller All the Sinners Bleed which was on Barack Obama's Summer Reading List and author of New York Times bestseller Razorblade Tears and Blacktop Wasteland, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, was a New York Times Notable Book, and was named a best book of the year by NPR, The Guardian, and Library Journal, among others. When not writing, he is an avid hiker and chess player.
Game Nights
Last Wednesday of the Monthn 6:00-8:00 pm, Grainger 101
Anyone is welcome to participate. There will be food and drinks provided by the department.