T.S. Leonard

T.S. Leonard, a white person with clear glasses, smiles in a denim jacket.

Photo courtesy of the poet

T.S. Leonard (he/they) is the author of God Save the Queens! (Irrelevant Press, 2022) and poems published in Post Road, fourteen poems, Foglifter, Frontera, & Change, and The San Franciscan. Leonard’s work explores queerness, loss, and community at the intersection of disco music and time travel. He was a finalist for the 2022 Jane Underwood Poetry Prize and a poetry finalist at the 18th Annual Saints + Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival. They earned an MFA in creative writing from the University of San Francisco. Originally from Kansas City, Missouri, he lives and teaches in San Francisco, California.