{"id":297055,"date":"2018-06-03T03:44:30","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T10:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?page_id=297055"},"modified":"2026-01-29T15:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T23:05:12","slug":"resist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/resist\/","title":{"rendered":"Resistance and Hope Anthology"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Illustration by artist Micah Bazant featuring a midnight blue sky with little white stars. Below is a log with mushrooms growing out of it in multiple shapes and colors. \u201cText reads: Resistance & Hope, Essays by Disabled People, Crip Wisdom for the People, Edited by Alice Wong, Disability Visibility Project.\u201d The \u2018o\u2019 in \u2018Hope\u2019 looks like a full moon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Resistance and Hope: <\/i><\/strong>Essays by Disabled People<\/i><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Available NOW (e<\/strong>-book and audio)*<\/strong><\/h4>\n
ISBN: 9780463255704<\/span><\/h5>\n

$9.99 on Amazon<\/a>**\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Also available on Smashwords<\/a><\/span> in the following formats: epub, mobi, pdf, text, and online reader.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Audio of Resistance and Hope\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nhttp:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Anthology_Full_Audio_output.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click here for a\u00a0document with time stamps for audio version of Resistance and Hope<\/em>.<\/a>\u00a0Please note: this is not a professional audio book!<\/span><\/p>\n

Press Release<\/span><\/a> and Media Kit<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Contact: DisabilityVisibilityProject@gmail.com<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

Twitter: @DisVisibility<\/a> #ResistanceAndHope<\/a><\/p>\n

Events, Reviews & Press<\/strong><\/h4>\n

6 Powerful Books By Disabled Authors,<\/a> Grace Lapointe, Bookriot, November 13, 2019.<\/p>\n

In 2 Essay Collections, Writers With Disabilities Tell Their Own Stories,<\/a> Ilana Masad, NPR, September 6, 2019.<\/p>\n

The Year’s Work in Critical and Cultural Theory<\/em>,<\/a> Marion Quirici, Oxford Academic, July 30, 2019.<\/p>\n

Book Review: Resistance and Hope: Essays by Disabled People Edited by Alice Wong<\/a>, Kathleen Nicole O’Neal, May 23, 2019.<\/p>\n

A Go-To Guidebook to Resisting Ableism in Trump\u2019s America: A Review of Resistance and Hope: Essays by Disabled People<\/em>, edited by Alice Wong.<\/a> Sarah Katz, The Deaf Poets Society, Issue 8, March 2019.<\/p>\n

Seeing in the Dark: New book raises profile of disability community,<\/a> Belo Cipriani, The Bay Area Reporter, February 20, 2019.<\/p>\n

Resistance and Hope: Essays by Disabled People<\/em>,<\/a>\u00a0February 18, 2019, Albert Solheim Library, Pacific Northwest College of Art.<\/p>\n

Resistance and Hope<\/em> Dares Us to Go Beyond Activism 101<\/a>, Carrie Wade, Autostraddle, January 24, 2019.<\/p>\n

Discussing Resistance and Hope: Mini-Interviews with Cyree Jarelle Johnson & Naomi Ortiz<\/a>, VIDA: Women in Literary Arts, January 4, 2019.<\/p>\n

How “Resistance and Hope” Offers a New Vision of Disability Activism<\/a>, Sandy Ho, Bitch Media, December 31, 2018.<\/p>\n

Review: Resistance and Hope<\/em>, edited by Alice Wong<\/a>, Anna Hamilton, Disability Intersections, December 18, 2018.<\/p>\n

VIDA Reviews! Resistance and Hope<\/em>, edited by Alice Wong<\/a>,\u00a0M. Subramanian,\u00a0VIDA: Women in Literary Arts, December 11, 2018.<\/p>\n

Book Review:\u00a0Resistance and Hope: Essays by Disabled People: Crip Wisdom for the People<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>Diane R. Wiener, Wordgathering, Issue 48, December 2018.<\/p>\n

Crip wisdom, gender and self-care for social justice: Interview with Naomi Ortiz.<\/a> Gender Stories podcast by Ian Iantaffi, November 4, 2018.<\/p>\n

Recap of 10\/28 #CripLit Twitter chat on writing and resistance co-hosted by Nicola Griffith and Alice Wong.<\/a><\/p>\n

10\/28 #CripLit Twitter Chat on Resistance and Hope Co-hosted by Nicola Griffith and Alice Wong.<\/a><\/p>\n

Resistance and Hope: An Interview with Alice Wong by Nicola Griffith<\/a>, October 16, 2018.<\/p>\n

Resistance and Hope: Essays by Disabled People<\/a><\/em>, The Heather Report, October 15, 2018.<\/p>\n

Q&A with Alice Wong by Deborah Kalb<\/a>, October 8, 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cStories for Us and By Us<\/a>,\u201d by Eleanor J Bader,\u00a0The Progressive<\/i>, October 2, 2018.<\/p>\n

Review of the anthology on Goodreads.com by Rosalie Morales Kearns, October 2, 2018.<\/a><\/p>\n

Interview with Alice Wong on Smashwords about Resistance and Hope.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

16 essays by 17 disabled writers, activists, and artists. This is crip wisdom for the people.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Edited by Alice Wong, Founder and Director of the Disability Visibility Project<\/a>, <\/span>Resistance and Hope<\/span><\/i> will transform the way you think about activism, leadership, and social justice.<\/span><\/p>\n

How do we fight back in an era of uncertainty, institutionalized cruelty, and widespread tolerance for ableism and hate? Written in 2017, the authors explore resistance, hope, self care, disability rights and justice, and the politics of Trump in a series of provocative, challenging essays. <\/span><\/p>\n

Dare to dream bigger and create space for all with this visionary essay anthology from multiply marginalized disabled people redefining an inclusive climate of resistance. <\/span>The time is NOW!<\/b><\/p>\n

*Resistance and Hope\u00a0<\/i>is not available in print for accessibility and affordability reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n

**All royalties from <\/span>Resistance and Hope<\/span><\/i> will go to <\/span>HEARD (Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of Deaf Communities)<\/span><\/a>. HEARD is the only organization in the nation that works to correct and prevent wrongful convictions of D\/deaf and hard of hearing individuals.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Contributors<\/b><\/h4>\n

Writer and advocate <\/span>Vilissa Thompson<\/span><\/a> on the audacity of hope as a Black woman; LGBQT advocate <\/span>Victoria Rodrigu\u00e9z-Rold\u00e1n<\/span><\/a> on respectability politics; attorney and activist <\/span>Shain Neumeier<\/span><\/a> on trauma and survival; ADAPT legend <\/span>Anita Cameron<\/span><\/a> on the importance of holding hope in darkness; activist <\/span>Stacey Milbern<\/span><\/a> on caregiving collectives and Medicaid cuts; artists DJ <\/span>Kuttin Kandi<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Leroy Moore<\/span><\/a> on hip hop and disability liberation; writer and artist <\/span>Naomi Ortiz<\/span><\/a> on self-care and growth; fearless agent of change <\/span>Talila A.”TL” Lewis<\/span><\/a> on resistance and revolutionary madness; writer and poet <\/span>Aleksei Valent\u00edn<\/span><\/a>\u00a0on Judaism and disability solidarity; essayist and poet <\/span>Cyree Jarelle Johnson<\/span><\/a> on autism in a time of resistance; activist and poet <\/span>Lev Mirov<\/span><\/a> on death, grieving, and survival; autistic advocate and organizer <\/span>Lydia X.Z. Brown<\/span><\/a> on praxis, accountability, and intracommunity abuse; writer <\/span>Mari Kurisato<\/span><\/a> on colonial violence and visibility; comic <\/span>Maysoon Zayid<\/span><\/a> on the strategic fight for our rights in the Trump era; community organizer <\/span>Mia Mingus<\/span><\/a> on transformative justice and building alternatives to violence; and artist and writer <\/span>Noemi Martinez<\/span><\/a> on survival and multiple marginalizations. <\/span><\/p>\n

Editorial Team<\/b><\/h4>\n

Editorial Assistant: Robin M. Eames<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Book cover: Micah Bazant<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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