WordgatheringA Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature |
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Essays and Fiction in this IssueWordgathering editors are especially pleased with the variety of essays in this first issue of the year 2016. Nick Pentzell, a writer on the autism spectrum himself, responds in conversation with Matthew Leonard to Tito Mukhopadhyay's recent satirical memoir of disability education, Plankton Dreams. By looking through the guidelines of journals that encourage disability writing, Emily K. Michael discusses some of the pitfalls writers with disabilities face in deciding which periodicals to submit their work to. The journal editors, also contribute a piece to the essays section by introducing the books of writers with disabilities that will available in the Dis Lit Consortium booth at this year's AWP conference. A complete list gives perspective attendees and others a look at the wealth of books that will be available to them. Shifting to more personal essay, Dana Robbins writes of adjusting to motherhood after a stroke, while Tanya Frank recalls her grandmother, who ended her life in a mental institution after families members perished in Auschwitz. The lone fiction selection comes in the form a Beth Jellicoe's engaging story of disability, choir practice and private school girls in London.
Wordgathering is always seeking new work of fiction by writers with disabilities. We do accept disability-related fiction by writers without disabilities that counters stereotypes of disability. In addition, we invite literary essays, particularly those that help establish disability literature as a field of study. Essays on the work of other writers with disabilities are very desireable. Queries can be addressed to comments@wordgathering.com. Return to Top |
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