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Screenshot of an announcement in Publisher’s Marketplace on May 31, 2024, “Activist and editor of DISABILITY VISIBILITY and DISABILITY INTIMACY Alice Wong, ed.'s DISABILITY VULNERABILITY, an anthology of writing that explores the precarity of life in the disabled community, focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing fallout, again to Anna Kaufman at Vintage, for publication in spring 2026, by Julia Kardon at HG Literary (world English). Rights: foreign@hgliterary.com”

Posted June 12, 2024 DVP News and Events

Coming soon: New anthology edited by Alice Wong

“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” — Michael Corleone, played by Al Pacino, in the film The Godfather: Part III It’s official! I signed a … Continue Reading Coming soon: New anthology edited by Alice Wong

$Graphic with a leaf green background. Left: A white woman with short hair and an occluded cataract on her right eye wearing purple hearing aids and a pearl necklace, looking with raised eyebrows at camera between trees. Photo credit: Lis Mitchell, 2021. Right: Cover image of Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman’s Fight to End Ableism by Elsa Sjunneson. From the letter “I” in “BEING,” the color of Elsa’s cataract refracts in a rainbow-colored prismatic effect over a dark background. “Deafblind” is emphasized with light.$

Posted October 24, 2021 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Q&A with Elsa Sjunneson

Congratulations on your first memoir, Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman’s Fight to End Ableism, available October 26, 2021 from Simon and Schuster! How are you feeling right now in … Continue Reading Q&A with Elsa Sjunneson

Graphic with a white border and a pale blue-green background. On the left is ‘2020’ in stylized numerals with 20 20 stacked on top of each other. On the right in orange-red, ‘YEAR I REVIEW’ below in smaller text in dark blue, ‘DISABILITY VISIBILITY PROJECT’

Posted December 27, 2020 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

DVP 2020: Year in Review

Hello comrades! I looked at my 2019 year in review and it felt like those events occurred eons ago. 2020 has been ROUGH for people all over the world. We … Continue Reading DVP 2020: Year in Review

Posted August 23, 2020 Podcast

Ep 84: Anthologies

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/84_Ep_84_FINAL.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS Today’s episode is all about anthologies with Kelly Jensen, a writer and editor who has … Continue Reading Ep 84: Anthologies

Graphic with a background of overlapping triangles in bright colors with text: Available now! In the middle is an image of a book titled ‘Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the 21st Century Edited by Alice Wong’ the book cover has overlapping triangles in a variety of bright colors with black text overlaying them and an off-white background. Book cover by Madeline Partner.

Posted June 30, 2020 DVP News and Events

Available now! Disability Visibility anthology

Hey friends! I made a thing and now it’s out in the world today. My anthology, Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the 21st Century (Vintage Books, June 30, 2020), … Continue Reading Available now! Disability Visibility anthology

Black-and-white photo of an Indonesian woman in a cardigan and dress, with a door as backdrop. Picture credit: Wasi Daniju.

Posted October 6, 2019 Podcast

Ep 61: Poetry

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/Final_Ep_61.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS Today’s episode is on poetry with Khairani Barokka, an Indonesian disabled writer, poet, and artist … Continue Reading Ep 61: Poetry

[left] A black and white picture of Dominik, a white man with slightly curly brown hair, a dark pinch, and a piercing over the right eyebrow. He is wearing a cardigan over a black shirt. [right] A photo of Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, a caucasian woman with long red hair, wears glasses which she is looking over. One eye is hazel, the other is a white occuluded cataract. She wears a teal sweater, pink collared shirt, and a smile that says "you want me to write words for you, right?"

Posted June 16, 2019 Podcast

Ep 53: Disabled Editors

https://media.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/content.blubrry.com/disability_visibility/53_Ep_53_FINAL.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSToday’s episode is features a conversation with two disabled editors and writers: Elsa Sjunneson-Henry and Dominik … Continue Reading Ep 53: Disabled Editors

Photo of Belo Cipriani and his guide dog, Oslo, a black lab.

Posted October 31, 2018 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Interview with Belo Cipriani

This is an interview with Belo Cipriani, the editor and publisher of a new anthology featuring coming-of-age stories by disabled writers. Congratulations on the recent publication of Firsts: Coming of … Continue Reading Interview with Belo Cipriani

graphic with a white background. On the left is an illustration of a typewriter in black. On the right side are the words: DISABLED WRITERS in black. Below in smaller font in red: disabledwriters.com @DisabledWriters. Below that in larger black font: Increasing disability in journalism one connection at a time.

Posted July 5, 2017 DVP News and Events

DisabledWriters.com: Increasing disability diversity in journalism

The Disability Visibility Project® is all about pushing the status quo in media and journalism. One example is our partnership with novelist Nicola Griffith in #CripLit, a series of Twitter chats … Continue Reading DisabledWriters.com: Increasing disability diversity in journalism

Image description: graphic with a yellow background with the following text in black: “#CripLit Twitter Chat, Publishing Online: "Crips in Space" Special Issue, May 11, 2017, 4 pm Pacific/ 7 pm Eastern, Hosts: @DisVisibility @nicolaz Guest hosts: @ChaiKovsky @thedeafpoets” On the upper left corner is an illustration of a green planet with a yellow ring around it against a blue circular background with white stars. On the upper right corner is an illustration of a green space shuttle rocketing up with a yellow moon and white clouds against a blue circular background.

Posted May 4, 20171 Comment DVP News and Events

5/11 #CripLit Chat: “Crips in Space” Special Issue

#CripLit Twitter Chat Publishing Online: “Crips in Space” Special Issue Thursday, May 11, 2017 4 pm Pacific/ 7 pm Eastern You are invited to the eighth #CripLit chat co-hosted … Continue Reading 5/11 #CripLit Chat: “Crips in Space” Special Issue

Image description: graphic with a yellow background. In black text: "#CripLit Twitter Chat, Young Adult/KidLit, April 9, 2017 4 pm Pacific/ 7 pm Eastern, Guest hosts: @PunkinOnWheels @swingingstorm from @DisabilityInLit." On the left side of the graphic is an illustration of a open book in dark blue. On the right side of the graphic is an illustration of a large pencil in orange with dark blue lines.

Posted March 29, 20171 Comment DVP News and Events

4/9 #CripLit Chat: Disability & YA/KidLit

#CripLit Twitter Chat Disability & Young Adult/KidLit Sunday, April 9, 2017 4 pm Pacific/ 7 pm Eastern You are invited to the seventh #CripLit chat co-hosted by novelist Nicola Griffith … Continue Reading 4/9 #CripLit Chat: Disability & YA/KidLit

Posted January 6, 20173 Comments DVP News and Events

1/15: #CripLit Chat – Editor Roundtable

#CripLit Twitter Chat: Editor Roundtable Sunday, January 15, 2017, 4 pm Pacific/ 7 pm Eastern Co-Hosts: Nicola Griffith @Nicolaz and Alice Wong @DisVisibility Guests: Editors and staff from Autonomous Press, Barking Sycamores, Breath … Continue Reading 1/15: #CripLit Chat – Editor Roundtable