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Tag Archives: disability

Book Review – The View From Down Here: Life as a Young Disabled Woman by Lucy Webster

A memoir of life as a disabled woman in a society that remains structurally ableist and sexist

Posted byimogen12th Dec 202312th Dec 2023Posted inbookTags: books, disability, female writers, Lucy Webster, memoir, non-fiction, polemic, The View From Down Here2 Comments on Book Review – The View From Down Here: Life as a Young Disabled Woman by Lucy Webster

I Live a Life Like Yours: A Memoir by Jan Grue (Norway)

A thought-provoking, Barbellion Prize-longlisted memoir on living with disability by Norwegian academic Jan Grue

Posted byimogen2nd May 2022Posted inbookTags: Barbellion Prize, books, disability, Europe, life writing, life-writing, memoir, non-fiction, Norway, prize nominees, translated literature3 Comments on I Live a Life Like Yours: A Memoir by Jan Grue (Norway)

Book review: Frida Kahlo and My Left Leg by Emily Rapp Black (USA)

Fierce and fearless meditation on disabled identity, art, love and loss

Posted byimogen14th Nov 202111th Jun 2023Posted inart, bookTags: #novnov, books, disability, female writers, frida kahlo, non-fiction, non-fiction November, novella, novellasinnovember, novnov, the americas and the caribbean, USA9 Comments on Book review: Frida Kahlo and My Left Leg by Emily Rapp Black (USA)

Consent by Annabel Lyon (Canada)

Gripping, emotionally real tale of sibling responsibility

Posted byimogen11th Jun 20217th Jul 2021Posted inbookTags: 20booksofsummer, 20booksofsummer21, annabel lyon, books, Canada, consent, disability, family, female writers, fiction, grief, sisters, the americas and the caribbean, Women's Prize longlist2 Comments on Consent by Annabel Lyon (Canada)

Review no 93: Margarita Cabrera – Mexican artist

political artist Margarita Cabrera

Posted byimogen18th Jul 2020Posted inartTags: disability, female artists, mexico, sewing, the americas and the caribbean, women artists2 Comments on Review no 93: Margarita Cabrera – Mexican artist

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