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Poetry Reading + Q&A with Willie Carver, Jr.
| When |
Oct 14, 2024
from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM |
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| Where | Room 103, SPHIS Building, 485 E. Gray St., 40202 |
| Contact Name | Sam Fowler |
| Contact Phone | 502.852.3290 |
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Join us on Monday, Oct. 14, for a Poetry Reading and Q&A with Willie Edward Taylor Carver, Jr. as part of the university's Pride Month celebration. Carver’s work exists at the intersection of queer identity, Appalachian identity, and the politics of innocence.
Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr. is a minoritized youth advocate, Kentucky Teacher of the Year, and the author of a bestselling collection of narrative poetry about his childhood growing up queer in Appalachia, Gay Poems for Red States (University Press of Kentucky). HIs book has garnered many accolades, including: a Book Riot Best Book of 2023, a Top Ten Best Book of Appalachia by Read Appalachia, an IndieBound and American Booksellers Association’s must-have book of 2022, a 2023 Top Ten Over-The-Rainbow book by the American Library Association, and a 2024 Stonewall Book Award – Barbara Gittings Literature Honor Book.
The SPHIS Office of Culture & Liberation and HSC LGBT Center are hosting this event.
