The Real Disabled Housewife

Rae Rose Glemby is a disabled writer who is the worst housewife in America. That expression — don’t sweep things under the rug? Glemby literally sweeps rice under the same shag rug she never washes and she honestly doesn’t care — but does wonder if the old rice are like zombie-of-the-apocalypse-rice and the new rice are like new-meat-rice and absolutely terrified. She calls herself The Real Disabled Housewife out of love for The Real Housewives franchise. Those bitches can do anything. Glemby may not have a camera in her face, but everyone is watching her every move. If she threw a glass at someone — great episode — busting their lip, Glemby would be hospitalized. Her flair for drama — flesh eating bacteria, anyone? — would make her the perfect housewife for the show, but she is disabled. She has a traumatic brain injury and is batshit crazy. Like I said, drama. She suppresses it as much as possible, but uses her writing to flip the fuck out on everyone about everything. They can’t hospitalize you if it’s art. She is the co-host of the podcast, “I Have A Disability, So…” and has been published in many places such as The Poetry Foundation, Cicada Magazine and Lilith Magazine — but the most exciting moment of her career was when a 9th grader wrote an essay about one of her poems. She is a Zoeglossia fellow, has an MFA in creative writing, teaches kids poetry in the Kids! San Diego Poetry Annual and I told you about the rug, right? Her book, Bipolar Disorder For Beginners, is available here. Reach her at raeroseglemby@gmail.com.