Excellence in Disability Literature
By Christina Pires
Everyone remembers being a teenager. Those seven years of adolescence filled with new friendships, endless possibilities and emotions — intense emotions. Emotions that are so frustrating one is at a loss as to how to express them, much less control or work through them. Continue reading “Book Review: Put Your Feelings Here by Lisa M. Schab”
By Annette Bay Pimentel
Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins has been a disability advocate almost her entire life. At age 6, she had already been excluded from her neighborhood elementary school in Phoenix because of her wheelchair. Her family was unsure how to fight the exclusion. Continue reading “How One Girl’s Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything”
By Robert Kingett
“Books are in the holy shape. They are silent, and yet, speak directly into the imagination,” says Maghra, played by actress Hera Hilmar, in episode two of See, a science fiction drama produced for Apple TV+. Continue reading “‘See’ Review: Apple TV Series Depicts Disability as Just a Fact of Life”
By Jacob Lesner-Buxton
Leroy Moore identifies as a black journalist, poet and activist with a disability. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, his work addresses important issues, such as the marginalization of Black people in the disability rights movement, as well as the relationship between racism, ableism and police brutality. Additionally, Moore is also one of the founders of Continue reading “Black Journalist, Poet and Activist Leroy Moore”
By Belo Miguel Cipriani
Award-winning author and pansexual, blind writer Caitlin Hernandez grew up in the 1990s — a time when adaptive technology, such as electronic Braille notetakers, were in their infancy. The web was just budding and digital accessibility was not in the forefront for many organizations. Continue reading “Blind Bay Area Author Discusses the Disability Experience in Literature”
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Readers’ Favorite recognizes “Firsts” by Belo Miguel Cipriani in its annual international book award contest, currently available at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GWYBRMT.
The Readers’ Favorite International Book Award Contest featured thousands of contestants from over a dozen countries, ranging from new independent authors to NYT best-sellers and celebrities. Continue reading “Disability Anthology Receives a Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal”
By Belo Miguel Cipriani
The California Gold Rush attracted many unique and memorable characters to the West Coast. From farmhands who wanted to make it rich to crooks who were looking for their next prey, they all came to the Golden State to secure their slice of the pie. One of the most infamous names of that era was six-horse stagecoach driver Charley Parkhurst — who is more commonly remembered by the moniker “One-Eyed Charley.” Continue reading “One-Eyed Charley and Gender Identity in the Old West”
By Belo Miguel Cipriani
Not quite seeing or hearing artist and author Terry Galloway ambled through early childhood with mixed emotions. On one end, she was arrogant. In fact, she would even describe herself as “a little shit,” yet she also sought physical approval from the people around her. Continue reading “An Interview with Mean Little deaf Queer Author Terry Galloway”
Oleb Books author Andrew Gurza recently published an article on HuffPost that we wanted to share with our readers. Click here to read all about his latest coming out story on HuffPost!
By Belo Miguel Cipriani
Some books become classics because they bring to the forefront new ideas, while others are imprinted in our consciousness because they shine light on a little known world.
Resistance and Hope: Essays by Disabled People, edited by Alice Wong, is one of those rare anthologies that both highlights new ways of examining disability, as well as raises the profile of the disability community. Wong, a San Francisco-based disability rights activist and journalist, has gathered 16 essays from some of the leading voices in disability advocacy, to shed some light onto disability issues in the Trump era. Continue reading “Book Review: Resistance and Hope, Edited by Alice Wong”