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Please support Auntie's Bookstore by using this link to purchase books by festival authors.This reading and discussion will celebrate the diverse experiences and talents of writers with disabilities. The event features Alice Wong, founder and director of the Disability Project, an online community dedicated to creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture. Wong is also the editor of the anthology
Disability Visibility, which features work from Elsa Sjunneson, author of
Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism and Jamison Hill, whose book
Force Meets Fate is a memoir of chronic illness, vulnerability, and perseverance. Joining these authors are Spokane writers Emalee Gillis, author of
The Other Side of Madness: Adventures on the Path to Living Well with a Mental Illness and Travis Naught, author of the poetry collection
The Virgin Journals and the novel,
Joyride. Travis will lead the authors in a discussion following their readings. This event will include live captioning and an ASL interpreter.