About this Event
FREE EVENT!
Join us for a reading and conversation with poet and author Steven Reigns, writer of powerful works ‘A Quit for David’ and ‘Outliving Michael.’
Location: Stonewall National Museum, Archives, & Library 1300 East Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304.
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Date: Friday, April 10th, 2026, 6pm ET
About the author:
Steven Reigns is a Los Angeles poet and educator and was appointed the first Poet Laureate of West Hollywood. Alongside over a dozen chapbooks, he has published the collections Inheritance and Your Dead Body is My Welcome Mat. Reigns holds a BA in Creative Writing from the University of South Florida, a Master of Clinical Psychology from Antioch University, and is a sixteen-time recipient of The Los Angeles County’s Department of Cultural Affairs’ Artist in Residency Grant. He edited My Life is Poetry, showcasing his students’ work from the first-ever autobiographical poetry workshop for LGBT seniors. Reigns has lectured and taught writing workshops around the country to LGBT youth and people living with HIV. Currently he is touring The Gay Rub, an exhibition of rubbings from LGBT landmarks, and is the board president of the Anaïs Nin Foundation. His collection A Quilt for David was published by City Lights and is the product of over ten years of research regarding dentist David Acer’s life. His newest collection Outliving Michael is a memorial memoir in poetry, chronicling Reigns’s profound friendship with Michael Church, who died of AIDS in 2000.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
1300 E Sunrise Blvd, 1300 East Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, United States
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