Disability Arts Online
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jesse_the_kThere's lots of disability-themed fiction, memoir, & poetry online, but as with any search on "disability," it's hard to separate medical stuff from writings by us about us.
Now there's an umbrella org to make stuff easier to find:
Disabilities Literature Consortium
http://dislitconsortium.wordpress.com
dislit666@gmail.com
Some of the mags I've enjoyed:
Breath and Shadow
In 2003, Sharon Wachsler was writing for abilitymaine, a socially
progressive activist organization in Maine. Each time she wrote about
various aspects of her/others disability, readers asked for more. So
in 2004, Breath and Shadow was born. The idea was to start a journal
of literature and culture written and edited exclusively by people
with disabilities. And not just physical disabilities, but to feature
writing by children and adults; people with physical, mental,
emotional, and sensory disabilities; and new/emergent and established
writers. We publish work by people without extensive formal education
and those whose cognitive or emotional disabilities might spark
nontraditional forms of expression. In short, we embrace a "disability
aesthetic" — work that may or may not be about disability, but that is
informed by the author's experience of disability. Breath and Shadow
is a quarterly publication, with issues coming out on Jan 15, April
15, July 15 and Oct 15.
http://www.abilitymaine.org/breath
breathandshadow@gmail.com
Kaleidoscope
Now an online journal, Kaleidoscope was the first magazine to
creatively explore the experience of disability through the lens of
literature and fine arts. When Kaleidoscope began publishing in 1979,
disability was generally viewed and written about from a clinical,
rehabilitative, or sociological perspective. Kaleidoscope publishes
personal essays, creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and book
reviews written by people who live with the experience of disability
and chronic illness as well as those who are closely involved with and
affected by these particular kinds of journeys ( i.e. parents,
siblings, spouses, friends, educators, healthcare professionals). We
accept work from writers with and without disabilities, but writers
without disabilities must focus on some aspect of disability
experience. Our visual artists are all individuals with disabilities.
The aims of Kaleidoscope include presenting effective, powerful
writing and art to our readers that challenges and overcomes
stereotypical, patronizing, and sentimental attitudes while educating
and increasing awareness and demonstrating that any disability or
chronic illness is just one part of a person’s identity. Kaleidoscope
publishes twice a year, in January and July.
http://www.udsakron.org/kaleidoscope/issues.aspx
Pentimento
Through art, photography, essays, stories, and poetry, Pentimento
asks its readers to see beyond disabilities and physical challenges.
To see the ways in which we are all connected, and find in our pages a
sense of the what the poet Emily Dickinson wrote: “I felt it shelter
to speak to you.” The magazine cover features artwork by a child or
young adult with a disability. Each issue includes a section devoted
to writing by readers on a particular topic, fiction, nonfiction,
photography, poetry, and art. Submissions may be by a individual with
a disability or an individual who is part of the community such as a
family member, therapist, educator, etc.
http://www.pentimentomag.org
Wordgathering is an online quarterly journal of disability poetry,
literature and art dedicated to providing a venue where the new work
of writers with disabilities can be found and to building up a core of
work for those interested in disability literature. While it gives
preference to the work of writers with disability, it seeks the
well-crafted work of any writer that makes a contribution to the
field. It avoids “inspirational” work, tales of overcoming and work
that evokes pity or perpetuates stereotypes. Wordgathering also
reviews new books by writers with disabilities and offers interviews
with those working in the field of disability literature and art. The
journal began in 2007 as an outgrowth of the work of the Inglis House
Poetry Workshop for writers with disabilities.
http://www.wordgathering.com
submissions@wordgathering.com
Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine is a literary journal
dedicated to promoting the theory and practice of Narrative Medicine,
an interdisciplinary field that enhances healthcare through the
effective communication and understanding between caregivers and
patients. The word intima itself has an anatomical reality: It is the
infinitesimally thin layer lining a blood vessel, where the vehicle
and its cargo meet, speeding blood to the heart and brain, an apt
analogy for narrative as we define it. The name Intima has a specific
resonance in the field: Narrative Medicine defines itself as the
intimate interface between two people, one as healer, one as being
healed, who both yield and gain from the experience of the clinical
encounter. Intima was created in 2010 by a group of graduate students
in the Master of Science program in Narrative Medicine at Columbia
University; currently, the editorial board is made up of doctors,
nurses, writers, editors and philosophers, half of them affiliated
with the Columbia program. The first issue of Intima was Fall 2011;
two issues a year are produced, along with a weekly blog, called
Crossroads, essay contests, book reviews and events with Bowery Poetry
Center in New York City.
http://www.theintima.org/
Now there's an umbrella org to make stuff easier to find:
Disabilities Literature Consortium
http://dislitconsortium.wordpress.com
dislit666@gmail.com
Some of the mags I've enjoyed:
Breath and Shadow
In 2003, Sharon Wachsler was writing for abilitymaine, a socially
progressive activist organization in Maine. Each time she wrote about
various aspects of her/others disability, readers asked for more. So
in 2004, Breath and Shadow was born. The idea was to start a journal
of literature and culture written and edited exclusively by people
with disabilities. And not just physical disabilities, but to feature
writing by children and adults; people with physical, mental,
emotional, and sensory disabilities; and new/emergent and established
writers. We publish work by people without extensive formal education
and those whose cognitive or emotional disabilities might spark
nontraditional forms of expression. In short, we embrace a "disability
aesthetic" — work that may or may not be about disability, but that is
informed by the author's experience of disability. Breath and Shadow
is a quarterly publication, with issues coming out on Jan 15, April
15, July 15 and Oct 15.
http://www.abilitymaine.org/breath
breathandshadow@gmail.com
Kaleidoscope
Now an online journal, Kaleidoscope was the first magazine to
creatively explore the experience of disability through the lens of
literature and fine arts. When Kaleidoscope began publishing in 1979,
disability was generally viewed and written about from a clinical,
rehabilitative, or sociological perspective. Kaleidoscope publishes
personal essays, creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and book
reviews written by people who live with the experience of disability
and chronic illness as well as those who are closely involved with and
affected by these particular kinds of journeys ( i.e. parents,
siblings, spouses, friends, educators, healthcare professionals). We
accept work from writers with and without disabilities, but writers
without disabilities must focus on some aspect of disability
experience. Our visual artists are all individuals with disabilities.
The aims of Kaleidoscope include presenting effective, powerful
writing and art to our readers that challenges and overcomes
stereotypical, patronizing, and sentimental attitudes while educating
and increasing awareness and demonstrating that any disability or
chronic illness is just one part of a person’s identity. Kaleidoscope
publishes twice a year, in January and July.
http://www.udsakron.org/kaleidoscope/issues.aspx
Pentimento
Through art, photography, essays, stories, and poetry, Pentimento
asks its readers to see beyond disabilities and physical challenges.
To see the ways in which we are all connected, and find in our pages a
sense of the what the poet Emily Dickinson wrote: “I felt it shelter
to speak to you.” The magazine cover features artwork by a child or
young adult with a disability. Each issue includes a section devoted
to writing by readers on a particular topic, fiction, nonfiction,
photography, poetry, and art. Submissions may be by a individual with
a disability or an individual who is part of the community such as a
family member, therapist, educator, etc.
http://www.pentimentomag.org
Wordgathering is an online quarterly journal of disability poetry,
literature and art dedicated to providing a venue where the new work
of writers with disabilities can be found and to building up a core of
work for those interested in disability literature. While it gives
preference to the work of writers with disability, it seeks the
well-crafted work of any writer that makes a contribution to the
field. It avoids “inspirational” work, tales of overcoming and work
that evokes pity or perpetuates stereotypes. Wordgathering also
reviews new books by writers with disabilities and offers interviews
with those working in the field of disability literature and art. The
journal began in 2007 as an outgrowth of the work of the Inglis House
Poetry Workshop for writers with disabilities.
http://www.wordgathering.com
submissions@wordgathering.com
Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine is a literary journal
dedicated to promoting the theory and practice of Narrative Medicine,
an interdisciplinary field that enhances healthcare through the
effective communication and understanding between caregivers and
patients. The word intima itself has an anatomical reality: It is the
infinitesimally thin layer lining a blood vessel, where the vehicle
and its cargo meet, speeding blood to the heart and brain, an apt
analogy for narrative as we define it. The name Intima has a specific
resonance in the field: Narrative Medicine defines itself as the
intimate interface between two people, one as healer, one as being
healed, who both yield and gain from the experience of the clinical
encounter. Intima was created in 2010 by a group of graduate students
in the Master of Science program in Narrative Medicine at Columbia
University; currently, the editorial board is made up of doctors,
nurses, writers, editors and philosophers, half of them affiliated
with the Columbia program. The first issue of Intima was Fall 2011;
two issues a year are produced, along with a weekly blog, called
Crossroads, essay contests, book reviews and events with Bowery Poetry
Center in New York City.
http://www.theintima.org/
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Date: 2016-04-03 12:10 am (UTC)Now I do. ;-)
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Date: 2016-04-03 12:33 am (UTC)I've been thinking that your work could find a home in these journals, but I didn't want to bring it up point blank. Why? Because I was afraid that you, being the well-informed & well-read person you are, would be insulted if I thought you didn't already know about them.
Sorry about that.
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Date: 2016-04-03 12:47 am (UTC)Three useless things: