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Tag: disabled writer

My book turns 10 this year!

I had a dream come true ten years ago. My book On that one-way trip to Mars was published in May 2016 — which is somehow a decade ago!

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May 25, 2026May 25, 2026
Poem in Your Pocket Day

Catch a falling poem, put it in your pocket

How to celebrate Poem in Your Pocket Day & upcoming readings The Mid-Atlantic Review is hosting a community reading and fundraiser this […]

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April 17, 2026April 16, 2026
Chertock family in Grodno, Poland

A Very Narrow Bridge

Gesher Tzar Me’od My sister and I barely made our transfer in Frankfurt. We were meeting my dad and stepmom in Kraków, […]

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April 14, 2026April 16, 2026
Queer female high school student standing in a school hallway with lockers and other students behind her. She wears a whiteboard around her neck with the words "I am participating in the Day of Silence" written on it.

Day of (No) Silence

On April 10, 2006, I went to school with a whiteboard and a sign around my neck, signaling to my teachers and […]

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April 10, 2026April 10, 2026
My six-month post-op X-ray. Check out that artificial hip!

1 year since surgery

It’s been one year since my hip replacement. Time is a weird, fluid thing. It feels like it’s only been a few […]

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April 1, 2026April 10, 2026
gooey cookies stacked on top of each other on a pink table with a glass of milk in the background

Gooey, fresh out of the oven “Puberty cookies”

What’s your favorite cookie? Is it gooey, fresh out of the oven? Does it have a sprinkle of sea salt on top? […]

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August 21, 2025April 10, 2026
A flier in black and white and taupe. Headline says Grey Matter: An Anthology of Contemporary Medical Poems. There is a screen printed drawing of two figures, one upside down and one right-side up. They have flowers drawn on them, perhaps as tattoos, hearts, and other linework on their faces and surrounding their heads. Underneath the drawing is more text that says Virtual Launch Event April 30 6 PM (AZ Time) Scan QR code for Zoom link. There is a QR code on the right bottom side. And on the left is Grey Matter's logo, a brain illustration with Grey Matter written inside of it.

An anthology of contemporary medical poems

I’m honored to be published again by Grey Matter: A Narrative Medicine Poetry Journal, the poetry journal of the Narrative Medicine program at the University of Arizona College […]

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April 25, 2025April 10, 2026
cover of Love Me, Love My Belly zine, dedicated to body image and self love. There are illustrations of faces with long hair, short hair, intense eyes, and a person wearing a shirt with a skull on it.

2 poems published in a body image zine

Love Me, Love My Belly I had two poems published recently in Porkbelly Press’ Love Me, Love My Belly zine, issue 7. Porkbelly Press, an […]

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November 8, 2024April 10, 2026
DC Public Library’s Podcast logo, with a microphone

Interviewed on DC Public Library’s Podcast

When Jenny Cavallero, a D.C.-based comedian, writer, filmmaker, actor, and disabled person, approached me about being interviewed for DCPL’s Access This podcast, […]

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June 15, 2021April 10, 2026
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