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Join Nine Mile for a reading to celebrate disability, poetry, and international human rights. Featuring Propel poets Sanni Purhonen and Kenny Fries, moderated by Stephen Kuusisto An RSVP is not required, but recommended. Nine Mile invites the public to Disability Futures, an evening of poetry celebrating disability culture, international literary exchange, and human rights. The reading features Finnish poet Sanni Purhonen and American poet Kenny Fries, with the program moderated by Stephen Kuusisto. The event will be held on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at Busboys and Poets, 450 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20001. Disability Futures brings together two internationally recognized poets whose work confronts, reimagines, and expands the cultural meanings of disability. Purhonen, writing from Helsinki, and Fries, writing from Berlin, will read from their work as part of an ongoing commitment to fostering cross-cultural dialogue at the intersection of poetry and disability rights. Purhonen and Fries are two of the newest poets whose work has been published as part of the Propel Disability Poetry Book Series. The Propel Series honors the best in disability poetry with publication and awards.