With visceral imagery and a healthy dose of satire, Maddening Mast Cell Mathematics makes disability justice accessible, relatable, and synaestheticly vivid. One page brought me to tears and catharsis, the next used pop-cultural references to lighten the mood, and the entire work was as painful and joyous as advocacy itself. This is a literate yet deeply engaging text certain to appeal to readers of all stripes, both seasoned disability justice organizers and those still educating themselves. A must-read for anyone who's ever been embodied.

—mk zariel, host of THE CHILD AND ITS ENEMIES

In the intersection between math and Mast Cell, Sarah Klein discusses her chronic pain through calculus. Each short, methodical poem underscores the complexity behind living with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Maddening Mast Cell Mathematics: A Chronic Illness Calculus blends a fluid structure of math and stylistic poetry in an elegant, yet raw, depiction of his struggles with feeling comfort in a body that is perpetually sick. With lines like "to feed the flowers I throb and thrash my body rent into a rictus when it rains," Klein reminds us that pain is a constant journey; a rollercoaster of feeling. Through this delightfully insightful chap, Sarah Klein ensures that their pain is relevant, constant, and relatable, begging the readers to not just look, but to truly See her.

—arushi (aera) rege, author of exit wound (no point of entry) & BROWN GIRL EPIPHANY, EIC of ink & ivy lit mag and Bus Talk

"...open your doors of / perception to my agony—my art" a thought provoking de-medicalization of chronic illness through deconstructing logic with metaphor, maddening mast cell mathematics takes you through the isolating experience of disability in our society and medical institutions, then reconciles how to find a will to live against all odds. it left me optimistic and gutted, full of rage and perspective. i also need to go to the doctor for some tests.

—wallamide, fellow writer/creative