The View from Down Here

by Gary Presley

A series of creative nonfiction essays, some published individually in different forms. The underlying theme is the perception of life from a wheelchair -- "the view from down here." The essays, however, do not focus on living disabled. Rather they present a point of view of a man, a writer, shaped by the circumstances of his life.

50 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 2011

About the author

I love words. Why? I don't know. Reaction to laconic male influences perhaps. It matters not. It matters to me only that I won an essay contest sponsored during the centennial anniversary of The Joplin Globe newspaper, and the essay was placed in a time capsule to be opened sometime shortly before the beginning of the 22nd century. Cool beans, huh? And I began writing more, selling to Salon.com, Notre Dame Magazine, and dozens of other venues. Now I have a book in print: Seven Wheelchairs: A Life beyond Polio. Hey, who else do you know who has used a wheelchair for 49 years?