The Understudy's Handbook: Poems

by Steven Leyva

"This book helps me remember why I fell in love with poetry in the first place." -- Tim Seibles, author of Fast Animal.

Drawing heat and music (and luscious food) from a New Orleans and Houston childhood, Steven Leyva's poetry reveals a sensibility forged by a growing awareness of race and class: child's joy and bafflement, a black Baltimore father's worry. These gorgeous poems sweep the reader as into a parade, of memory,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 194155122X
• ISBN13: 9781941551226
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Washington Writers' Publishing House
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"