Childhood polio left Leonard Kriegel without the use of his legs. In Flying Solo, he writes in a lyrical, uncompromising voice about the interlaced themes of courage and masculinity against the backdrop of loss. Tracing memories back to his coming of age in the 1940s and 1950s, he portrays an interior life partly sustained by traditional visions of manhood, partly raging at the impossibility of fully living them out. Flying Solo is beautiful personal writing that will change the way we think about manhood.
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He writes of his struggle to create a physical presence, to balance self-pity and rage, loss and possibility. -- The New York Times Book Review, Elizabeth Hanson
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Leonard Kriegel's work has appeared frequently in Harper's, The Nation, The New York Times Magazine, Best American Essays, and many other publications. The author of six books, he lives with his wife in New York City.
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- Elegy for a Disease: A Personal and Cultural History of Polio by Anne Finger on page 172, and Back Matter
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