{"product_id":"on-the-level-poems-on-living-with-multiple-sclerosis-paperback","title":"On the Level: Poems on Living with Multiple Sclerosis - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBryan R. Monte\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn the Level: Poems on Living with Multiple Sclerosis\u003c\/em\u003e cuts to the reality of living with disability. Fear and courage-and humor-make their appearance, along with family trauma, invasive examinations, constantly moving medical targets, and accessibility barriers. Without pulling any punches, Bryan R. Monte shows us that life and joy push through and beyond limitations both self- and other-imposed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGifted narrative poet Bryan R. Monte turns medical anthropologist in this transfixing exploration of his four-decade brawl with multiple sclerosis, meeting his disease's \"tongues of fire\" with wit, erudition and insight. \u003cem\u003eOn the Level \u003c\/em\u003eis not only 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 \u003cem\u003eWho Says You're Dead?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe extraordinary thing about this collection is its positivity. Not in a facile sense-these poems are unsparingly real, bringing readers as close as I dare imagine to the experience of MS in their own bodies as well as in the mind. But the 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, \u003cem\u003eBetween the Islands\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Water Table\u003c\/em\u003e (T.S. Eliot Prize) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47439711371442,"sku":"9781939530271","price":18.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/ea4d4c70f22f8d2da9f15292d4eec831.webp?v=1778673269","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/on-the-level-poems-on-living-with-multiple-sclerosis-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}