| Description |
1 online resource |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Minnie Mouse Toy -- Supermodel (You Better Work) -- Goodbye -- First Crush -- Clean Room -- Found Kitten -- Biscuit Girl -- Self-Hating Preacher -- Creek -- Cornmeal-and-Water Pancakes -- Neckbones -- Embarrassing -- Thank You, Jerry Springer -- Library -- Hard to Take Seriously -- Clubhouse Character -- Food Stamp Holiday Song -- Waiting for God -- Gay Road Home -- Salt-Free Funeral -- Power of Ain't -- Josh -- A Guy Named Casey Who I Had Never Met -- I'm Sorry, Chris -- Under the Pews -- Mountain Learning -- Charisma -- Scientist -- Promise -- Ramen Noodles -- Bluegrass Moon -- Trombone -- Cogitating -- Builder -- Someday Child -- Reassurance -- Family Dollar -- Orange Drink Product and Beef Jerky -- Take a Seat -- The Truth Will Stand When the World's on Fire |
| Summary |
"No one will protect you." Months after being named the 2022 Kentucky Teacher of the Year, Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr. announced his decision to leave the public school system. His career as a high school English teacher had spanned more than a decade, but it ended abruptly - another casualty of the cruel and dangerous anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination that is creeping back into the halls of government and the homes of Americans. At the beginning of 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 testimony before the House of Representatives brought much-needed attention to the need for protections for LGBTQ+ people in schools, the damage was done. In this book of poems, he counters the injustice of a persistent anti-LGBTQ+ movement by asserting that a life full of beauty and pride is possible for everyone. More than a collection of poetry, Carver's earnest and heartfelt verses are for those wishing to discover and understand the vastness of Appalachia, and for the LGBTQ+ Appalachians who long for a future - for a home - in an often unwelcoming place. -- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 28, 2023) |
| Subject |
Gay men.
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| SUBJECT |
Appalachian Region -- Poetry
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| Subject |
Appalachian Region
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographical poetry
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Gay poetry
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Poetry
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Gay poetry.
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LGBTQ+ literature.
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Gay poetry.
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Autobiographical poetry.
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Poésie homosexuelle.
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Poésie autobiographique.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Project Muse. distributor.
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| ISBN |
9780813198132 |
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0813198135 |
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9780813198149 |
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0813198143 |
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