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]
I'm always thrilled when I find a story written by a resident on the Palouse, or someone who once lived on the Palouse. Sue Ellis, a former resident recently published two stories: 'January to May' at Fiction 365, and, published at Bob Sanchez's blog, her book review of, 'Midnight Rising', by Tony Horwitz.
Gary Presley, author of 'Seven Wheelchairs' , articles, and 'The View from Down Here: Collected Essays', gives high praise for 'January to May'.
"There is a
place for realism in fiction. Sue's story is that -- an examination really of two lives, the narrator and her friend. It's the sort of realism that draws the reader into a world, a place not always happy but a place that reminds us that we should be empathetic and open creatures to live happily-enough in the time given us. All I can say is, "Bravo!"
Gary
Presley also reviews books for Kirkus
and Foreword
