Gay Poems for Red States
Mon, Jan 06
|Mount Horeb Public Library
Advocate, educator, and author Willie Carver Jr. will be speaking. Carver’s poetry collection reveals his personal experiences as a gay man growing up in Appalachia and the pursuit of a life filled with beauty, pride, and acceptance.
Time & Location
Jan 06, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Mount Horeb Public Library, 105 Perimeter Rd, Mt Horeb, WI 53572, USA
Guests
About the event
Willy Carver has spent his entire career dedicated to helping students find their passion and purpose. He was the 2022 “Kentucky Teacher of the Year” and served as ambassador to the Kentucky Department of Education, where he created a platform of inclusion and advocacy for LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and Appalachian students. He publishes and presents on the subjects of education, marginalization, and identity, and his personal journey has been featured on ABC, CBS, PBS, NPR, and in The Washington Post and Le Monde. Carver is a candidate for the MFA in poetry at the University of Kentucky, and his creative work has been published in 100 Days in Appalachia, 2RulesofWriting, Another Chicago Magazine, Largehearted Boy Blog, Smoky Blue Literary Magazine, and Good River Review.
In 2022, Carver testified before the House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties on the need for protections for LGBTQIA+ students, teachers, and staff in schools. As an academic advisor in the Gatton College of…