Knee Brace Press

A place for stories about chronic illness, disability, mental health, and neurodivergence.

Welcome to Knee Brace Press. We’re glad you’re here.

A little bit about us:

Knee Brace Press is a literary magazine dedicated to telling stories about chronic illness, disability, mental health, and neurodivergence.

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Our content:

A white person with dark hair and brown eyes gazes at the camera. She wears a dark gray T-shirt. The background is red brick.

Fishbowl

Fishbowl is a poem about feeling alone, even when the speaker is surrounded by people. Read the poem here.

A person with pale skin hides the lower half of their face behind a Siamese cat. They wear black-rimmed glasses and have light brown hair and bangs.

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“And yet sometimes, I feel cold./There’s a deep void in my chest/No matter how much I try, it remains bare.” In this poem, AM Rodriguez details what it’s like to struggle with depression and grief, even when the rest of the world appears full of light. Read the poem here.

A Black person with white-rimmed glasses smiles widely with their eyes closed. They are holding their book, DEAR PHILOMENA by Mugabi Byenkya, and are surrounded by a circle of light.

An interview with Mugabi Byenkya

Memoirist and magical realism author Mugabi Byenkya writes for themselves. Or, more accurately, the angsty, confused, Black, Ugandan-Rwandan-Nigerian, disabled, queer, polygender, and neurodivergent little human they used to be and still are. Read the interview here.

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