Gay Poems for Red States

by Willie Carver

Book Overview

At the beginning of Willie Carver's career, an administrator warned him about discussing his otherwise openly gay identity at work: "No one will protect you, including me." A new administration allowed for more freedom, but the initial warning eventually rang true. School officials failed repeatedly to address harassment of students and of Carver himself, until he could no longer endure such a purposeful deterioration of human rights. While Carver's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813198127
• ISBN13: 9780813198125
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.5"