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By Allison Stalberg Siebens“While disabled authors may certainly choose to explore themes of disability in their fiction, it, by no means, should be considered obligatory.”
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By Janis Butler HolmWhy can’t assistive devices be beautiful? By Janis Butler Holm.
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By Jess Barselow“I resent being 34 with no sense of self/beyond the trail of burned bridges,/broken trust,/and unfinished dreams.”
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By Sophie Mattholie“It’s getting bad again – I mean, this is technically the worst it’s ever been …” In her new poem, sickness in the seams of it all, Sophie Mattholie writes about her experience with POTS.
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By Nicole Zelniker“You are born drowning. At the bottom of the ocean, your lungs fill with saltwater and sludge. Anglerfish light the immutable night, bright white spots catching on their jagged teeth and misshapen eyes.”
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By Heather Ann PulidoIn her follow up poem for Knee Brace Press, Heather Ann Pulido writes about finding community with people who love and support her, anxiety and all.
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By April McCloud, Elise ScottIn their new poem Reason, Knee Brace alumni Elise Scott and April McCloud write about the stark contrast between the speaker’s devastation about losing their healthcare and the calm with which the robot over the phone changed the speaker’s life forever.
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By Allison Stalberg SiebensFor our fiftieth post at Knee Brace Press, we interviewed the indomitable Cait Gordon, author of Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space and previous Knee Brace Press contributor.
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By AM Rodriguez“I lose sight of my body/And I fear not recognizing/The girl looking back at me/Inside the cheap mirror in my room.”
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By Jess Barselow
“I thought the pills would help/Ignore it/I see no reason/to pretend I am okay.” Poet Jess Barselow writes about masking and the tediousness of small talk.