US wheelchair user shares her journey through poetry


Keating opens up about her challenges and triumphs in her memoir. Photos: Instagram/Doctorlayli

It has been said before that most poetry is autobiographical. Poetry is known to draw from a place of truth – whether emotional truth, universal observation, or personal anecdote.

But Recalibrating Gravity by US writer Mary Keating is a true memoir, told through a series of poems. In many ways, verse is the ideal form for Keating to share a story that demands to be heard.

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