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The Willies Kansas City Never Catch Me is theAdam 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