Here Go the Knives

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Kelsey Bryan-Zwick’s debut book of poetry, Here Go the Knives, portraits life with disability in America. Diagnosed with scoliosis as a child, Bryan-Zwick has navigated nine extensive spine surgeries, over two decades of debilitating pain, and countless medical procedures. To tell this story, they draw upon memoir, magical realism, and the tarot deck in this hybrid-multi-modal text: pages that unfold for the reader’s interpretation. Included in, Here Go the Knives, are illustrations by the author that pace this narrative much like an illuminated manuscript. This multisensory approach creates space for this delicate story to extend from skin to spine, metal to bone, and body to page.