Willie Carver
poet and writer
Willie Carver is a gay hillbilly writer and poet from Eastern Kentucky. He is the 2022 Kentucky Teacher of the Year and the author of “Gay Poems for Red States.”
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Seeing myself on screen in ‘Roseanne’ and ‘The Conners’ helped change my politics
The original show, when it debuted in 1988, stood in stark contrast to the glamour of “Dallas” and “Dynasty,” which dominated television then.
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Real hillbillies like me don’t trust JD Vance. You shouldn’t trust him either.
In his bestseller memoir, JD Vance uses a wide brush to paint Appalachians as lazy, ignorant and unwilling to try at life.