The Willies Kansas City a map of growing up

a map of growing up

Never Catch Me is the anthem necessary to organize a community that is committed to a better right now–one that can only be achieved with an intensity and action that goes far beyond the page

—Traci Brimhall

2021 Bookshop's Indie Press Highlights

The Willies Kansas City a map of growing upAdam Falkner, 2020. The Willies, Falkners first full length poetry collection, offers a sharp and vulnerable portrait of the journey into queerhood in America. Departing from a more familiar coming out narrative he centers the stories of dueling selves. Masquerading white boy. Child of an addict. Closeted varsity athlete. Drifting seamlessly between the scholarly and conversational, Falkners poems showcase a versatility of language and a courageous