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Disability Intimacy

Essays on Love, Care, and Desire

by Alice Wong
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The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility: another revolutionary collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience, and intimacy in all its myriad forms.
What is intimacy? More than sex, more than romantic love, the pieces in this stunning and illuminating new anthology offer broader and more inclusive definitions of what it can mean to be intimate with another person. Explorations of caregiving, community, access, and friendship offer us alternative ways of thinking about the connections we form with others—a vital reimagining in an era when forced physical distance is at times a necessary norm. 
But don't worry: there's still sex to consider—and the numerous ways sexual liberation intersects with disability justice. Plunge between these pages and you'll also find disabled sexual discovery, disabled love stories, and disabled joy. These twenty-five stunning original pieces—plus other modern classics on the subject, all carefully curated by acclaimed activist Alice Wong—include essays, poetry, drama, and erotica: a full spectrum of the dreams, fantasies, and deeply personal realities of a wide range of beautiful bodies and minds. Disability Intimacy will free your thinking, invigorate your spirit, and delight your desires.

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    April 30, 2024

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780593821749
      • File size: 327225 KB
      • Duration: 11:21:43

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      This fascinating collection of voices from the disabled community is presented with care by a talented team of narrators. In her introduction to these 40 powerfully affecting essays, activist Alice Wong, who edited this volume, stresses the value of seeking and exploring intimacy. Each essay opens a window that may contain familiar elements or, perhaps, a novel mode of expression. Most impressive are this production's precise audio descriptions of images included in the print edition. While nearly every essay is exquisitely rendered and narrated, standouts include Stephanie Gould and Nancy Wu's poignant narration of "Igniting Our Power by Reclaiming Intimacy," Carmen Jewel Jones's stirring evocation of "Disabled Queer Love Exists," and Danielle Morsberger's heartbreakingly vulnerable performance of "Rosasharon Teaches Me to Breathe." M.J. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine
    • Library Journal

      September 13, 2024

      Disability-rights activist Wong (Year of the Tiger) celebrates disability intimacy with a dynamic anthology of poems, reflections, essays, and more. Wong explains in her introduction that she is looking to broaden the idea of intimacy beyond the strictly sexual, with a focus on tenderness and connection. The writers represent a range of experiences and abilities, from physical disabilities to mental health conditions. The essays consider the bonds between people with disabilities and their caregivers, between people and their animals, and the love and kinship between disabled people. There are also moving pieces about being a disabled parent. Wong discusses the hardships the pandemic brought to her life; this theme resonates with other writers as well. The tone is generally positive and hopeful, though the authors also express frustration at societal attitudes and ableism. The editor's physical condition makes it impossible for her to speak, so her essay is read by another person. The other essays and poems are primarily narrated by their authors, and they all read with much expression and enthusiasm. VERDICT This candid, sensitively narrated audiobook speaks to a little-addressed but important topic. A recommended purchase to enhance social science, memoir, and disability studies collections.--Susan Cox

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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