Forest Girl
Julie’s poems ask us to travel in her world, and see it from her perspective, that of a wheelchair user. The natural world that she loves is complicated, often inaccessible, too bumpy, fraught with compromise. And the built environment rejects her too; rendering her unable to navigate the narrow overcrowded aisles of a shop.
‘At the heart of Forest Girl is a boundless movement that, at its core, uplifts and deepens our understanding about what it means to bear physical limits beyond our control.’ Karen Pierce Gonzalez
Julie Stevens
Julie Stevens writes poems that cover many themes but often engages with the problems of disability. She is widely published in places such as anthologies from Macmillan and OUP, Acumen, Broken Sleep Books, Indigo Dreams Publishing and on Ink Sweat & Tears. She has five published pamphlets.
Website: www.jumpingjulespoetry.com.
Author portrait © Darren Stevens