“Poems that will outlast us” —Maggie Smith

“DISEASE OF KINGS transforms starkness into hope” —Adrian Matejka

“Provocative” —The Washington Post

“electrifying” —Gregory Pardlo

“His poems seem effortlesS” —Luis Alberto urrea

“Groundbreaking” —DIODE

“Larger-than-life” —The SUN

“Poignant and hopeful” —WEST BRANCH

“The poetry I’ve been waiting my whole life to read” —LAURA KASISCHKE

“evocative…These affecting poems offer hard-earned insights about shame, loss, and hope” —PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY

“Masterfully captures a naturalness of voice” —ECOTHEO

“Lines just begging to be tattooed across someone’s breastbone” —Entropy

“carlson-Wee has a true gift” —RAIN TAXI REVIEW