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By Allison Stalberg SiebensCaiti Quatmann (she/her) is a disabled poet and Editor-in-Chief for HNDL Mag. We spoke with her about how she started writing, her favorite poems in the collection, and what she’s working on now.
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By Garret StirlandHer supervisor is impressed with her ability, but she can only think of Don. She feels too much, they tell her. It’s a strength and a curse. Now comes the worst part of her job.
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By Karlen Lambert“Our love laid thick and bitter on my tongue/I choked it down as not to spit/I laughed so not to lunge.”
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By Allison Stalberg SiebensAaron H. Aceves is the bisexual, Mexican-American author of This Is Why They Hate Us, which was published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. We spoke with him about intersectional identity, writing books for teens, and what he’s working on now.
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By Barbara BrooksPoet and retired physical therapist Barbara Brooks writes a poem about the S curve of her spine, the pain that comes with it, and the peace that comes with knowing there is nothing she can do to change it.
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By Allison Stalberg SiebensAndromeda is a queer, disabled, and neurodivergent author from a small town in the Midwest. He recently graduated his undergrad program with a Classics major and loves to take the themes and stories he learns about and adapt them to the modern day.
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By Erin Coppin“you were so, so bad at it. Just terrible, hitting every everloving bump.”
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By Rita Maria Martinez“Pain sears my chest, radiates from an incision fish-netted by seventeen stitches.”
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By Allison Stalberg SiebensSamantha Picaro is the author of Limitless Roads Cafe and Recipe for Confidence. We spoke to Picaro about how her autistic identity informs her writing, the determined heroines she creates, and how she expertly balances comedy and drama.