Greensboro Bound - The Truth about Disability: What We Don’t Talk About
Sat, May 21
|Greensboro Cultural Center
Around 20% of Americans live with a disability, but for many, disability remains a taboo subject. Too often, the complex experiences of the disabled are reduced to pity or inspiration. On this panel, three disabled authors discuss their work and what we don’t talk about.
Time & Location
May 21, 2022, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
Greensboro Cultural Center, 200 N Davie St, Greensboro, NC 27401, USA
About the Event
Around 20% of Americans live with a disability, but for many disability remains a taboo subject. Too often, the complex experiences of the disabled are reduced to pity or inspiration. On this panel, three disabled authors of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction discuss their work and what we don’t talk about when we talk about disability. With EMILY MALONEY, KAY ULANDAY BARRETT, and JT HILL. Hosted by JT HILL.
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EMILY MALONEY is the author of COST OF LIVING (Henry Holt, 2022). Her work has appeared in Glamour, Virginia Quarterly Review, Best American Essays, and the American Journal of Nursing, among others. In addition to her work as an ER tech, she has worked as a dog groomer, horse trainer,…