Sandra Gail Lambert is a kayaker, lesbian, and "old polio." She is the author of the novel, A River's Memory, and A Certain Loneliness, a Lambda Literary Award nominated memoir that explores the intersections of disability, queerness, and desire. Her work has been published by The New York Times, The Sun, The Paris Review, and Orion Magazine. Lambert is an NEA Creative Writing Fellow and lives in Florida with her wife.
When a biological weapon accident destroys Vic Riga's hometown and along with it her entire family, the United States is immediately put on lockdown by the rest of the world. Vic Riga, disabled and queer, had escaped the claustrophobia and racism of the Florida fishing village where generations of her family had fished, smuggled, run drugs, and lived strangely long lives. In the midst of a...