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Knot Body

Knot Body is a book by Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch.

Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch

Bringing together poetry, essay, and letters to "lovers, friends and in-betweens," Eli Tareq Bechelany-Lynch confronts the ways capitalism, fatphobia, ableism, transness, and racializations affect people with chronic pain, illness, and disability. knot  body explores what it means to discover the limits of your body, and contends with what those limitations bring up in the world we live in. (From Metatron Press)

Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch is a poet from Montreal. Their work has appeared in The Best Canadian Poetry, The Puritan and The New Quarterly. They were longlisted for the 2019 CBC Poetry Prize for Nancy Ajram Made Me Gay.

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