Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr
@williecarver.bsky.social
Big Gay Appalachian. Cat person.
Author of Gay Poems for Red States.
Kentucky Colonel. Kentucky Teacher of the Year.
Tweets are mine. All pronouns cool.
www.williecarver.com
Author of Gay Poems for Red States.
Kentucky Colonel. Kentucky Teacher of the Year.
Tweets are mine. All pronouns cool.
www.williecarver.com
Y’all, the world is so heavy.
But we exist because we stand on the shoulders of our younger selves.
At 35. At 25. At 15. At 10.
We dreamed. Told stories. Became.
Thank you, Campaign for Southern Equality, for publishing this piece 💙
You can read it in its entirety at the link in the comments.
But we exist because we stand on the shoulders of our younger selves.
At 35. At 25. At 15. At 10.
We dreamed. Told stories. Became.
Thank you, Campaign for Southern Equality, for publishing this piece 💙
You can read it in its entirety at the link in the comments.
February 16, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Y’all, the world is so heavy.
But we exist because we stand on the shoulders of our younger selves.
At 35. At 25. At 15. At 10.
We dreamed. Told stories. Became.
Thank you, Campaign for Southern Equality, for publishing this piece 💙
You can read it in its entirety at the link in the comments.
But we exist because we stand on the shoulders of our younger selves.
At 35. At 25. At 15. At 10.
We dreamed. Told stories. Became.
Thank you, Campaign for Southern Equality, for publishing this piece 💙
You can read it in its entirety at the link in the comments.
Ready for March?
To see this ICE melt?
Between today, 2/9, and 3/1, I am donating 100% of my personal earnings from TORE ALL TO PIECES ordered at CoffeeTree Books to the ACLU of Kentucky.
Link in comments.
Let's help our neighbors.
Let's love them.
To see this ICE melt?
Between today, 2/9, and 3/1, I am donating 100% of my personal earnings from TORE ALL TO PIECES ordered at CoffeeTree Books to the ACLU of Kentucky.
Link in comments.
Let's help our neighbors.
Let's love them.
February 9, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Ready for March?
To see this ICE melt?
Between today, 2/9, and 3/1, I am donating 100% of my personal earnings from TORE ALL TO PIECES ordered at CoffeeTree Books to the ACLU of Kentucky.
Link in comments.
Let's help our neighbors.
Let's love them.
To see this ICE melt?
Between today, 2/9, and 3/1, I am donating 100% of my personal earnings from TORE ALL TO PIECES ordered at CoffeeTree Books to the ACLU of Kentucky.
Link in comments.
Let's help our neighbors.
Let's love them.
Reposted by Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
My heart is so full. In less than 24 hours, y’all made the audiobook of Gay Poems for Red States a #1 Amazon Bestseller in Poetry About Places.
We made that poetry and place Appalachia 💚
Thank you. Happiest of holidays 💛✨️
We made that poetry and place Appalachia 💚
Thank you. Happiest of holidays 💛✨️
December 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
My heart is so full. In less than 24 hours, y’all made the audiobook of Gay Poems for Red States a #1 Amazon Bestseller in Poetry About Places.
We made that poetry and place Appalachia 💚
Thank you. Happiest of holidays 💛✨️
We made that poetry and place Appalachia 💚
Thank you. Happiest of holidays 💛✨️
It’s here—a Christmas Eve Eve Eve miracle 🎄
Gay Poems for Red States is now live on Audible.
I recorded it in studio and narrated it myself, which means Appalachian poems get an Appalachian voice 💙
iTunes, Amazon, and other platforms coming in the next few days!
Thanks, Dynamix and MAS Comm! 💙
Gay Poems for Red States is now live on Audible.
I recorded it in studio and narrated it myself, which means Appalachian poems get an Appalachian voice 💙
iTunes, Amazon, and other platforms coming in the next few days!
Thanks, Dynamix and MAS Comm! 💙
December 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
It’s here—a Christmas Eve Eve Eve miracle 🎄
Gay Poems for Red States is now live on Audible.
I recorded it in studio and narrated it myself, which means Appalachian poems get an Appalachian voice 💙
iTunes, Amazon, and other platforms coming in the next few days!
Thanks, Dynamix and MAS Comm! 💙
Gay Poems for Red States is now live on Audible.
I recorded it in studio and narrated it myself, which means Appalachian poems get an Appalachian voice 💙
iTunes, Amazon, and other platforms coming in the next few days!
Thanks, Dynamix and MAS Comm! 💙
Saying the GOP can't be racist because they've embraced Nicki Minaj
is like saying your church can't be homophobic because the preacher is on Grindr.
is like saying your church can't be homophobic because the preacher is on Grindr.
December 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Saying the GOP can't be racist because they've embraced Nicki Minaj
is like saying your church can't be homophobic because the preacher is on Grindr.
is like saying your church can't be homophobic because the preacher is on Grindr.
I can't believe not only that I have a blurb from Peter Parnell — who I have idolized for so many years — but that it would be so tender and beautiful.
You can pre-order Tore All to Pieces now anywhere books are sold.
Thank you, University Press of Kentucky 💙
You can pre-order Tore All to Pieces now anywhere books are sold.
Thank you, University Press of Kentucky 💙
December 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I can't believe not only that I have a blurb from Peter Parnell — who I have idolized for so many years — but that it would be so tender and beautiful.
You can pre-order Tore All to Pieces now anywhere books are sold.
Thank you, University Press of Kentucky 💙
You can pre-order Tore All to Pieces now anywhere books are sold.
Thank you, University Press of Kentucky 💙
Your ancestors were queer.¹
1. Yours. Specifically.
1. Yours. Specifically.
December 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Your ancestors were queer.¹
1. Yours. Specifically.
1. Yours. Specifically.
#BookTok #AuthorTok #PoetryTok #QueerAppalachia #AppalachianAuthor #SouthernGothic #KentuckyAuthor #QueerPoetry
December 2, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Trans youth exist.
Denying this doesn't stop that fact.
It just tortures them
Denying this doesn't stop that fact.
It just tortures them
December 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Trans youth exist.
Denying this doesn't stop that fact.
It just tortures them
Denying this doesn't stop that fact.
It just tortures them
The Trix Rabbit is capitalism’s queered Christ—forever yearning, always denied the sweetness he was created to sell.
November 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The Trix Rabbit is capitalism’s queered Christ—forever yearning, always denied the sweetness he was created to sell.
We're coming upon the one-year anniversary, and I can still smell the artificial berry on the hot and prescient breath of his holy rabbitself.
November 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
We're coming upon the one-year anniversary, and I can still smell the artificial berry on the hot and prescient breath of his holy rabbitself.
Reposted by Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr
image by the brilliant and hilarious @williecarver.bsky.social (but not posted on bluesky yet, so far as i can tell)
November 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
image by the brilliant and hilarious @williecarver.bsky.social (but not posted on bluesky yet, so far as i can tell)
They cannot touch love.
They cannot touch my marriage.
They cannot undo what God has ordained.
In righteousness, morality, and love, my marriage is beyond the reach of their cruel and dirty mouths and hands. All that they do simply shows us who they are.
Because they aren't worthy of defining us.
They cannot touch my marriage.
They cannot undo what God has ordained.
In righteousness, morality, and love, my marriage is beyond the reach of their cruel and dirty mouths and hands. All that they do simply shows us who they are.
Because they aren't worthy of defining us.
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
They cannot touch love.
They cannot touch my marriage.
They cannot undo what God has ordained.
In righteousness, morality, and love, my marriage is beyond the reach of their cruel and dirty mouths and hands. All that they do simply shows us who they are.
Because they aren't worthy of defining us.
They cannot touch my marriage.
They cannot undo what God has ordained.
In righteousness, morality, and love, my marriage is beyond the reach of their cruel and dirty mouths and hands. All that they do simply shows us who they are.
Because they aren't worthy of defining us.
Gay Hillbilly Jesus.
Still barefoot, defending town whores, and telling dramatic stories to get people to act decent,
but now with more mud and Dolly Parton.
Still barefoot, defending town whores, and telling dramatic stories to get people to act decent,
but now with more mud and Dolly Parton.
November 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Gay Hillbilly Jesus.
Still barefoot, defending town whores, and telling dramatic stories to get people to act decent,
but now with more mud and Dolly Parton.
Still barefoot, defending town whores, and telling dramatic stories to get people to act decent,
but now with more mud and Dolly Parton.
Reposted by Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr
@williecarver.bsky.social is in Issue 4. He’s super great, you guys. Mothman wants you to read his poetry and prose.
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September 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
@williecarver.bsky.social is in Issue 4. He’s super great, you guys. Mothman wants you to read his poetry and prose.
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#litmag #appalachia #redbranchreview
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#litmag #appalachia #redbranchreview