About
Sandra Gail Lambert writes fiction and memoir that is often about the disabled body and its relationship to the natural world. She is the author of My Withered Legs and Other Essays, the Lambda-Literary Award and Krause Essay Prize nominated memoir A Certain Loneliness, and two novels—The River's Memory and The Sacrifice Zone: An Environmental Thriller. Her writing has been published by The New York Times, The Sun, Orion, The Millions, Narratively, and The Paris Review. She is an NEA Creative Writing Fellow. She writes a Substack newsletter. www.sandragaillambert.com
Featured Work
My Withered Legs and Other Essays
A seventy-year history of disability is threaded throughout these essays and intertwined with writing that celebrates lesbian love and queer community, explores the slapstick moments of life, and shares the obstacles and triumphs of becoming a writer later in life.
Other Works
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The Sacrifice Zone: An Environmental Thriller
2023
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A Certain Loneliness: A Memoir
2018
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The River's Memory
2014
Awards and Recognition
- NEA Creative Writing Fellow