taylor jacob pate is a writer, painter & runner born in New Orleans & raised lots of other places. He received his MFA from The New Writer's Project at UT Austin. Along with his partner Blake Lee Pate, he founded & edits Smoking Glue Gun.
Poetry. Simultaneously enchanting and brutal, taylor jacob pate's debut book BECOMING THE VIRGIN is a work of desperate intensity. This series of interconnected confessional-cum-fairy-tale poems whisk the reader along at a breakneck pace. pate's lan...
Learn More...