John Killacky: Kenny Fries’ memoir

Editor’s note: This review is by John R. Killacky, who is the executive director of Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington.
Poet and memoirist Kenny Fries, a teacher in the MFA Creative Writing Program at Goddard College, is a pioneer in the disability rights movement. Twenty years ago, two of his books reframed the prevailing narrative away from people being defined by their disabilities to one affirming the full lives of those living with a disability.In The Province of the G