Chris Gabbard teaches courses in British Enlightenment literature, Disability Studies in the Humanities, and creative nonfiction at the University of North Florida. Beacon Press published his book A Life Beyond Reason: A Father’s Memoir in spring of 2019, and Bloomsbury will release his co-edited volume, A Cultural History of Disability in the Long Eighteenth Century in December. He grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and moved to Jacksonville in 2001. From 1983 to 1989, he was the chief editor of The Short Story Review, the journal that published Amy Tan’s first story.

You can hear Gabbard read from his work at the JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival on Saturday, November 16th in downtown Jacksonville. Click here for details.