| Gut Botany Petra Kuppers is a disability culture activist, a community performance artist, a professor of English and women's studies at the University of Michigan, and a 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship Recipient. She is author of the poetry collection PearlStitch, the queer/crip speculative story collection Ice Bar, and multiple academic books. She lives in Ypsilanti, Michigan, where she co-creates Turtle Disco, a community arts space. |