DISABLED, BUT, poems

78pp., paperback, Uhlanga Press, Durban, 2026

ISBN: 9781049258331

In this accessible, uncomfortable and subtly subversive collection, Kirsten Deane writes about her disobedient and uncontrollable body, and about self-love and internalised hatred; of being a young woman who wants to shrink even as she grows, and of learning to live with pain and discomfort as constant close companions, even as trusted friends.

Kirsten Deane was born in Johannesburg in 1998. An avid disability researcher and activist, she is lead editor for English Alive, South Africa’s oldest publication for high school students. She lives in Cape Town.