Nonfiction

BEFORE by Alisha Vasquez

When I was 15 years old, the balding, opinionated, gruff man who made my leg braces informed me that I’d “never be able to have kids....

THE REASON by Kristine Nilson Oma

It's another day of fatigue and slowness. The mind is half dreaming and half awake. There is the smell of cigarettes from outside. A...

INTERDEPENDENCE AS DISABLED POETICS AND PRAXIS by A.H. Reaume

Full title: INTERDEPENDENCE AS DISABLED POETICS AND PRAXIS: OR WHY MY NOVEL IS DEDICATED TO MY DISABLED FRIEND MADDY | OPEN BOOK...

ON THE ONLY LINES OF LADY MACBETH’S THAT ANYONE REMEMBERS by Anissa Lynne Johnson

There is a small, black spot on my left eye. Well, not on it per se. You can’t see it from the outside. My eye doctor says it’s...

MY DISABILITY IS NOT BLACK AND WHITE IT’S A RAINBOW by Michelle Steiner

A rainbow occurs when the sun and the rain occur together. Two opposite forces occurring at once creates a beautiful flash of color in...

GOLDEN STATE by Brian Koukol

Lashed in place on the passenger side of our wheelchair-accessible minivan by a cadre of belts and straps and tiedowns as we sped free of...

FROM TRASH TO TREASURE THE PROCESS OF ACCEPTING MY LEARNING DISABILITY by Michelle Steiner

When I was first diagnosed with a Learning Disability, I viewed it as trash. I wanted to throw it away into the closest garbage can and...

AN ILLUSION OF DRUMSTICKS by Sean Mahoney

We all sat at a round table; old, lacquered wood, some scratches and burn marks. Jim was cooking venison and chicken tonight though the...

"Frames" - Paxton Calder

"Can I try on your glasses?' "Wow! How do you see out of those?" "Your eyesight is terrible!" "You look so weird without your glasses...