Beds are Worlds: A Genealogy of Disability in the Poetry of Inbal Eshel Cahanskyמיטות הן עולמות: גנאולוגיה של מוגבלות בשירתה של ענבל אשל כהנסקי

This article explores the emergence of an Israeli tradition of poetry written by disabled women. Focusing on the works of Inbal Eshel Cahansky, it examines how contemporary Israeli poets with physical disabilities engage with questions of gender, illness, and embodiment as part of their self-exploration and artistic practice. In tracing their longing for connection to poetic ancestors whose disability legacies have only recently become visible, the article shows how Inbal Eshel Cahansky reclaims a neglected literary lineage and assembles a dispersed poetic archive. Through her engagement with this newly cohering tradition, she imagines new cultural possibilities and articulates compelling visions of disability futurities.