Travis Laurence Naught is a poet who is not willing to trade on tragedy. He is a man of risk, afflicted with ferocious, unrestricted thinking and ruthless questioning, though he has never taken an independent step in his life. Many in his shoes might feel confined by the metal of a wheelchair, but Naught's work conveys a freedom and an audaciousness that will surprise readers with his startling views. The Virgin Journals speak truth through poetry and prose. They tell the reader about Naught's frustrations, from being a quadriplegic to his life of celibacy in his late twenties. In the end, his expectation is for readers to forget physical disabilities and concentrate on that which makes us similar: life, love, and the obstacles we work to overcome.
Travis Laurence Naught (diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy as an infant) is an award-winning poet, a quadriplegic wheelchair user, and spent 10 years working with the men's basketball team at Eastern Washington University. He has a Bachelor's in Psychology and took graduate classes in Sports Psychology. Naught lives in Washington state and is the author of The Virgin Journals.
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