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Donny Winter

LGBT

In his first full-length collection,
Donny Winter takes readers on a
journey through his experiences as
a gay man living in rural Michigan.
His confessional poems, framed in
both experimental free verse and
tanka styles, use multiple nature-
themed metaphors to create
commentaries about LGBTQ+
healing and mental health, while
also weaving a pro-environmental

narrative acknowledging our
planet's trauma. Together, our
bodies hold history much as our
planet does, and Carbon Footprint
acts as a written fossilized record
mapping a way toward healing
through unearthing our own
histories.