Steven Reigns

Steven Reigns is a poet, educator and was appointed the first Poet Laureate of West Hollywood. Alongside over a dozen chapbooks, he has edited four anthologies, and authored the collections Inheritance and Your Dead Body is My Welcome Mat. His newest collection A Quilt for David will be out by City Lights in September and is the product of ten years of research.

Reigns created the first-ever autobiographical poetry workshop for LGBT seniors, lectured and taught workshops around the country to queer youth and people living with HIV. He is touring The Gay Rub, an exhibition of rubbings from LGBT landmarks, facilitates the monthly Lambda Lit Book Club, and is at work on a new collection of poetry.