{"product_id":"dreams-in-which-im-almost-human-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Dreams in Which I'm Almost Human: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHannah Soyer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Soyer's beautiful debut is essential reading for anyone trying to understand how, why, and through what means we construct ourselves.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e-Cyrus Dunham, author of A Year Without a Name\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDreams in Which I'm Almost Human \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eis a genre-defying memoir of disability, identity, and desire that fuses lyricism, myth, and medical truth to explore what it means to live and love a body defined by others.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt eight years old, Hannah Soyer had no choice but to undergo an intensive spinal fusion surgery, in order to keep her lungs from eventually collapsing. Fourteen years later, she chose another treatment for her neuromuscular condition: regular drug injections into her spinal fluid. But what does \"choice\" really mean, and how much weight do our choices hold?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn taut, lyrical chapters, \u003cem\u003eDreams in Which I'm Almost Human\u003c\/em\u003e confronts and communes with bodily autonomy, medical and sexual consent, traveling abroad in a wheelchair, caregiving and caretaking, appreciating the natural world, family history, bedtime stories, fantastical creatures, Irish poetry, and the limits and wonders of language and love. A bold collection of genre-bending essays, this memoir is an investigation into what we (and our words) are capable of, as we yearn to make sense of our relationships to ourselves, each other, and the worlds we inhabit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHannah Soyer\u003c\/strong\u003e is a queer disabled writer living in the Midwest. She has written for nationally acclaimed publications such as \u003cem\u003eThe Sun Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBustle\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cem\u003e Cosmopolitan\u003c\/em\u003e and is the editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Ending Hasn't Happened Yet: An Anthology of Disability Poetics \u003c\/em\u003efrom Sable Books (2022). Her chapbook, \u003cem\u003eFor When the Shapes Keep Changing\u003c\/em\u003e, won the 2021 Nonfiction OutWrite Chapbook Competition. Hannah also happens to be a cat and chocolate enthusiast. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 02, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53509769036083,"sku":"9781636284743","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Xxfl-_cMVr9781636284743.webp?v=1781738789","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/dreams-in-which-im-almost-human-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}