Leona Sevick
@lsevick.bsky.social
Lover of beaches, books, dogs, yoga, and the Oxford comma. Forgiver of trespasses. Author of Lion Brothers and The Bamboo Wife. Poems in The Southern Review, Orion, The Sun, Poetry Northwest. Board member: Furious Flower and Longleaf Writers Conference.
Love it when your old college friend finds your books on the shelf of an indie he happened to pop into!
July 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Love it when your old college friend finds your books on the shelf of an indie he happened to pop into!
Thrilled to be heading back to @the-vcca.bsky.social this year—a place I love! I am grateful to these wonderful folks who make the arts possible. ❤️
June 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Thrilled to be heading back to @the-vcca.bsky.social this year—a place I love! I am grateful to these wonderful folks who make the arts possible. ❤️
Many thanks to Emerald Coast Storytellers for inviting me to be its featured storyteller in an ideal setting: a brewery at my favorite beach!
April 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Many thanks to Emerald Coast Storytellers for inviting me to be its featured storyteller in an ideal setting: a brewery at my favorite beach!
Had a blast at this spring’s double header: AWP2025 and The Oxford Conference for the Book. Read with some pretty remarkable folks from a great new eco-poetry anthology, met up with friends, and of course ate like an all-star! Heading home….
April 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Had a blast at this spring’s double header: AWP2025 and The Oxford Conference for the Book. Read with some pretty remarkable folks from a great new eco-poetry anthology, met up with friends, and of course ate like an all-star! Heading home….
Check out some new work by women @triohousepress.bsky.social!
March 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Check out some new work by women @triohousepress.bsky.social!
I’m thrilled to be reading on Saturday, March 22 with Luisa A. Igloria and Jennifer Chang @ndbookshop.bsky.social. More than ever we need strong community and fearless conversations. Grateful to all of the organizers of the VA Festival of the Book who are making it happen!
February 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I’m thrilled to be reading on Saturday, March 22 with Luisa A. Igloria and Jennifer Chang @ndbookshop.bsky.social. More than ever we need strong community and fearless conversations. Grateful to all of the organizers of the VA Festival of the Book who are making it happen!
The Bamboo Wife was interviewed in the new issue of @sugarhousereview.bsky.social.
She’s a strutting peacock, my book, but you’ll find some gorgeous new poems alongside her!
She’s a strutting peacock, my book, but you’ll find some gorgeous new poems alongside her!
January 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The Bamboo Wife was interviewed in the new issue of @sugarhousereview.bsky.social.
She’s a strutting peacock, my book, but you’ll find some gorgeous new poems alongside her!
She’s a strutting peacock, my book, but you’ll find some gorgeous new poems alongside her!
I can never wrap a gift without thinking of my mother, who was a pro. She learned how to wrap by observing carefully the gift wrappers at the JCPenney the next town over. Holidays were important to our immigrant mother, who always strove to get them right. Merry Christmas Eve! 🎄
December 24, 2024 at 2:32 PM
I can never wrap a gift without thinking of my mother, who was a pro. She learned how to wrap by observing carefully the gift wrappers at the JCPenney the next town over. Holidays were important to our immigrant mother, who always strove to get them right. Merry Christmas Eve! 🎄
I have wanted to be published in Poetry Northwest since I started writing poems 15yrs ago. Thanks to the whole editorial team! I’m honored to have my little poem brushing shoulders with the work of some of my favorite poets. The new issue is a beauty—get one for yourself! ❤️🙏
December 19, 2024 at 2:24 AM
I have wanted to be published in Poetry Northwest since I started writing poems 15yrs ago. Thanks to the whole editorial team! I’m honored to have my little poem brushing shoulders with the work of some of my favorite poets. The new issue is a beauty—get one for yourself! ❤️🙏
Many thanks to my dear friend Susan Norman and my new friend Hannah Smith for their great questions and love of words. Thanks also to Sanderia Faye for hosting a fun pre-event reception and to all the folks who came out to @deepvellumbooks.bsky.social and supported this fabulous indie! ❤️
December 10, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Many thanks to my dear friend Susan Norman and my new friend Hannah Smith for their great questions and love of words. Thanks also to Sanderia Faye for hosting a fun pre-event reception and to all the folks who came out to @deepvellumbooks.bsky.social and supported this fabulous indie! ❤️
Dallas area friends: I’ll be @deepvellumbooks.bsky.social on Monday, December 9 at 7pm. Engaging me and the delightful Hannah Smith in a discussion about poetry is my dear friend and Longleaf Writers Conference co-conspirator Susan White Norman!! Come and join us if you can!
December 3, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Dallas area friends: I’ll be @deepvellumbooks.bsky.social on Monday, December 9 at 7pm. Engaging me and the delightful Hannah Smith in a discussion about poetry is my dear friend and Longleaf Writers Conference co-conspirator Susan White Norman!! Come and join us if you can!
Taught a masterclass on syllabic poetry and then talked about The Bamboo Wife with the brilliant, charming Greg Wrenn! The room was packed (nothing to see, here, fire marshal!), and students made buttons with my face on them! I met many enthusiastic young writers, and it was a wonderful day. ❤️🙏✍️
November 14, 2024 at 11:39 PM
Taught a masterclass on syllabic poetry and then talked about The Bamboo Wife with the brilliant, charming Greg Wrenn! The room was packed (nothing to see, here, fire marshal!), and students made buttons with my face on them! I met many enthusiastic young writers, and it was a wonderful day. ❤️🙏✍️