The Disability Literature Consortium (DLC) is a group of disability journals—Breath & Shadow, Kaleidoscope, Deaf Poets Society, Pentimento, and Wordgathering—who have come together to provide a booth at the annual Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Conference to showcase the work of disabled writers. They plan to staff a booth at AWP 2018 in Tampa where they will display not only their own journals but books from other publishers.
In order to fund that booth, the DLC are raising funds on Generosity (the non-profit part of Indiegogo). I’ve already contributed. I hope you will, too.
If you want to know more about the missions of the journals that make up the DLC, take a look at the Storify of #CripLit’s Editor Roundtable held in January this year. Then go give some money!
I have just been introduces to this poet’s work: http://www.megday.com/
Meg Day. Do you know of her? Her poetry is stunning, sensual, real. I hope you’ll sample some of her work.
I noticed she wears a little device behind her ear like I do, and she addresses disability in her work and at readings. Another advocate to connect with, perhaps?
@Rosalie: I know Meg. We met a few years ago. Yes, she’s a good poet. And yes, definitely a disability advocate!
Wonderful! I just ordered her new book of poems. The tribe is gathering.