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  • A white man sits in a black wheelchair and smiles to something off-camera. He wears a blue baseball hat and a green sweatshirt.

    A Drop of Red

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    “He wondered if it could still make wine/A thimble./If there was something that could be done/Too late.”

  • A black and white photo of a white woman with glasses smiling with her mouth closed.

    another migraine poem

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    In her newest poem, K Weber writes about the fatigue and grief that comes with chronic pain.

  • A white man sits in a black wheelchair and smiles to something off-camera. He wears a blue baseball hat and a green sweatshirt.

    Up the Stairs

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    Ginger-haired, disabled writer and alternative film poster maker Andrew Hall writes his Knee Brace debut about disability, ableism, and possibility.

  • A white woman with gray hair smiling with her mouth closed at the camera.

    Insanity Camp

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    “I make light with a lantern made of papier-mache/It burns me as it shows the way/To a one-star resort with a welcoming glow/Leave the light on for me/Thinking makes it so.”

  • A white woman with shoulder-length light brown hair stands in a garden. She is smiling and wearing a blue dress with short sleeves.

    Try Not to Blink

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    This poem by Jean Janicke reflects on hours at the National Eye Institute in a “natural history study” for her type of blindness.

  • A person with shoulder-length black hair. He is hiding behind a small bunch of white flowers.
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    So

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    T.C. Long has also recorded an audio version of this piece, both to increase accessibility and to lend additional humanity and dimensionality to disabled folks in media.

  • A white person with long, blonde hair smiling at the camera. She is wearing a red and white plaid shirt.

    (DIS)ABILITY: A PALINDROME

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    In her latest poem, Sarah Steinbacher offers us a different perspective on disability and those who would have her doubt herself.

  • A white woman with short, white hair reads a book at a microphone.

    Holding it Together

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    “Grandma held us together/Small and wiry/a Granny Clampett/fortunately/without a rifle.”

  • A white person with long, blonde hair smiling at the camera. She is wearing a red and white plaid shirt.

    Let Down

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    Sarah Steinbacher is a disabled nonbinary author, poet, disability advocate, instructor at The Writing Barn, and member of both SCBWI and Storyteller Academy.

  • The photo is in black and white and depicts a white person with long, dark hair smiling to the right of the shot.

    Box-bed in a Doorway

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    Mandy Beattie’s poetry’s been published in Poets Republic, Drawn to The Light, Lothlorien, Ink, and now, Knee Brace Press!