WordgatheringA Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature |
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Interviews IndexThis issue of Wordgathering offers three fascinating and very different interviews. Karyn Lie-Nielsen, a poet and the daughter of two deaf parents discusses her new book Handbuzz and some of the issues surrounding being a translator of ASL and ASL poetry. Eileen Cronin and T. K. Dalton are interviewed about their experience participating in AWP's Writer to Writer program and some of the issues that they see facing writers with disability including the ways of overcoming bias in writing. The final interview is with Saloua Ali Ben Zahra, a scholar in the representation of disability in the literature of Tunisia, Maghrib and the Middle East and a frequent contributor to Wordgathering. Zahra discusses the status of disability and disability rights in Tunisia.
Readers who find the above interviews interesting can find out more of these writers in other sections of this issue of Wordgathering. The poetry section contains poems from Lie-Nielsen's recent book. A review of Cronin's popular memoir Mermaid is in the current book review section. In the journal's art section, Zahra introduces readers to the video performance of Tunisian sign language interpreter Fatma Kharrat. Wordgathering is always looking for new interviewers. If you know of someone involved in disability literature and are that you would like to interview for Wordgathering, please contact the editors at comments@wordgathering.com. Return to Top |
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