Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Author and Essayist Gary Presley Picked for Best of the Net


Author and essayist, Gary Presley, received the following congratulation this morning from Blue Lyra Review:
"Congrats! Our staff overwhelmingly picked your work "Knife" to submit on behalf of Blue Lyra Review for Best of the Net  (via Sundress Publications )."
Gary Presley is author of "Seven Wheelchairs: A Life Beyond Polio," a memoir published by the University of Iowa Press, that tells about his life as a paraplegic since he was given a vaccination intended to prevent polio, at age 17.

His essays appear in a variety of publications including Notre Dame Magazine, Salon and New York Times. Presley also writes  book reviews for Internet Review of Books,  and also posts material on writing, disability, and other issues on his own blog.
 
Seven Wheelchairs:Life Beyond Polio [Kindle and Hardcover at Amazon] and at Barnes and Noble [Hardcopy]