COME IN AND STAY AWHILE

Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr.

Shortchanged

Tammy’s about to get her associate’s degree and she’s got a chance to get a real job, with a desk and a chair and vacation days. There’s just this one thing…

The Space Dividing Us Must Be Destroyed

Four new poems by—and an in-depth conversation with—Kentucky’s Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr.

Requiem for a Dollar Store Christmas Bear

His mother could afford only a single Christmas gift, and he treasured it. It kept him warm. At least for a little while.