"Gay Poems for Red States possesses a defiant, resilient voice which resounds loudly above the cacophony of hate and backlash permeating discriminatory legislative decisions. Even though it is not overtly a protest collection, this book stands in solidarity against discrimination with other LGBTQ-focused works such as KB Brookins’ Freedom House. The poems also celebrate a place otherwise associated with oppression, racism and discrimination, uplifting the healing aspects of a misunderstood natural landscape historically and greedily stripped of its resources. Gay Poems for Red States is immediate and necessary, and it emerges at a critical point in education, society and publishing." -- Southern Review of Books, "Resilience and Fortitude Prevail in Gay Poems for Red States" June 2023