On the Level: Poems on Living with Multiple Sclerosis

Bryan R. Monte

€ 24.99

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With humor and insight, On the Level: Poems on Living with Multiple Sclerosis, cuts to the reality of living with disability. Fear and courage make their appearance, along with family trauma, invasive examinations, constantly moving medical targets, and accessibility barriers. Yet here, Bryan R. Monte proves to us that life and joy push through and beyond limitations imposed by others and by oneself.

Praise for On the Level

…(A) deft exploration of the author’s life as patient, but also a daring foray into the nature of illness, the limits of the medical profession and the boundless potential of the human psyche to transcend its physical shell. In the spirit of Sarah Manguso and Porochista Khakpour, Monte transforms his own body into a literary landscape. An arresting debut. — Jacob M. Appel, MD and author of Who Says You’re Dead?

…(T)he grace of the writing, its tenderness and often humor, lifts us, as does its determination to look through sometimes harrowing details to wider perspectives, ones we can all use, simply being human, moving outwards and on. — Philip Gross, Between the Islands and The Water Table (T.S. Eliot Prize)