A review by emilyinherhead
Gay Poems for Red States by Willie Edward Taylor Carver

3.0

I’d call this a memoir in poems, spanning from Carver’s childhood to his more recent experiences as an educator in Kentucky public schools. While I was interested in his story, I wasn’t blown away by any of the poems on a craft level—I think I might’ve preferred a more traditional prose version of this. Still, it’s worth a read, and because it’s pretty short, it probably won’t take you more than an hour or so.