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Beauty is a Verb: The New Poetry of Disability
Sheila Black, Jennifer Bartlett & Michael Northen (eds.), 2011
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TYPE......: Anthology
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The most important anthology of disability poetry — ALA Notable Book in Poetry 2012. Brings together established and emerging disabled poets with essays on disability poetics. The title is a manifesto: beauty as practice, not state. If you want to understand disability as cultural identity and expressive tradition, not just as subject matter for nondisabled writers, start here.
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Available at many public and academic libraries and from Cinco Puntos Press. An essential addition to any disability arts collection.