Description
With his poems, essays, memoirs, journalism, and advocacy, Kenny Fries has been in the vanguard of disability literature for over forty years. From considerations of Darwin and social Darwinism to the flinty and dismissive corridors of American medicine, Fries shows us how disability, embodiment, queerness, curiosity, and contrarianism can push us toward hope. With Returns: Poems Selected and New, the power of his lyricism reminds us why poetry truly matters. This is an important book by a poet at the height of his craft.
About the Author
Kenny Fries is the author of several books, including In the Province of the Gods, The History of My Shoes and the Evolution of Darwin’s Theory, and Body, Remember: A Memoir. He curated Queering the Crip, Cripping the Queer, the first international exhibit on queer/disability history, activism, and culture at the Schwules Museum in Berlin. He is a Disability Futures Fellow of the Ford Foundation/Mellon Foundation/USA Artists.
