This is a book club episode. In it, Travis and Amanda will discuss and analyze the first half of Disability Visibility edited by Alice Wong. You should expect full “spoilers,” discussions of rhetorical elements, and celebrations / critiques of style and substance.
From the cover: “According to the last census, one in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some are visible, some are hidden -but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings together an urgent, galvanizing collection of personal essays by contemporary disabled writers…Taken together, this anthology gives a glimpse of the vast richness and complexity of the disabled experience, highlighting the passions, talents, and everyday lives of this community.”