Creative Writing Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
Andy Jackson is a disabled poet, essayist, creative writing teacher at the University of Melbourne, and a Patron of Writers Victoria. His latest poetry collection is "Human Looking" (Giramondo 2021), which won the ALS Gold Medal and the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Poetry. Andy is a co-editor of "Raging Grace: Australian Writers Speak Out on Disability" (Puncher & Wattman 2024), an anthology of collaborative poems and essays. He writes and rests on Dja Dja Wurrung country.
Friday essay: ‘I know my ache is not your pain’ – disabled writers imagine a healthier world
Sep 29, 2024 10:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
There are many reasons why I shouldnt be here. If youd shown my ten-year-old self my life as it is now, hed have been stunned, mostly because he half-expected an early death. My father, who had Marfan Syndrome, the genetic...