Disabled, But

In her debut collection, Kirsten Deane tells the story of her disobedient and uncontrollable body, and sharing it with her family, her community and her lovers.
Finely poised and subtly subversive, the poems in Disabled, But explore Deane’s experiences of self-love and internalised hatred; of being a young woman who wants to shrink even as she grows; of learning to live with pain and discomfort as constant close companions – even as trusted friends.
Shying away from neither body horror nor tenderness, Deane writes from a place not simply close to the bone, but from the very marrow. Accessible and estranging, Disabled, But is evidence of a powerful and essential new voice in South African poetry.