Anthologies

About Us: Essays From the New York Times’ Disability Series edited by Peter Catapano and Rosemarie Garland-Thomson

“The Importance of Finding Family,” published in About Us: Essays From The New York Times’ Disability Series edited by Peter Catapano and Rosemarie Garland-Thomson (W.W. Norton, 2019).

Essay originally published with The New York Times.

Based on the historic New York Times series, About Us features intimate, firsthand accounts on what it means, and how it feels, to live with a disability.

Boldly claiming a space where people with disabilities tell the stories of their own lives—not other’s stories about them—About Us captures the voices of a community that has for too long been stereotyped and misrepresented. Speaking not only to people with disabilities and their support networks, but to all of us, the authors in About Us offer intimate stories of how they navigate a world not built for them. Echoing the refrain of the disability rights movement, “nothing about us without us,” this collection, with a foreword by Andrew Solomon, is a landmark publication of the disability movement for readers of all backgrounds, communities, and abilities.

A Shadow Map: An Anthology By Survivors of Sexual Assault edited by Joanna C. Valente

“Why I Changed My Name After I Was Raped,” published in A Shadow Map: An Anthology By Survivors of Sexual Assault edited by Joanna C. Valente (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2017).

Essay originally published with Marie Claire. A revised version of this essay published on Narratively was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

The essays and poems contained within this anthology are not only compelling but also harrowing stories of sexual assault. None of these pieces were easy to write—and were born out of traumatizing and terrible experiences. CCM believes in providing a safe space within the literary community where we can not only talk about painful experiences and issues but also necessary considering the current political climate.

Contributors include Hillary Leftwich, Prerna Bakshi, Mila Jaroniec, lauren samblanet, Erin Taylor, Stephen Furlong, Lillian Ann Slugocki, Maggie Queeney, Christopher Morgan, Geula Geurts, Sarah Lilius, Omotara James, Lauren Milici, Shannon Elizabeth Hardwick, Stephanie Valente, Isobel O’Hare, Shevaun Brannigan, Amy Jo Trier-Walker, Marty Cain, Jennifer Maritza, McCauley, Fin Leary, Alexis Groulx, Patty Paine, Abigail Welhouse, Stephanie Berger, jacklyn janeksela, Christine Stoddard, Nicole McCarthy, Lynn Melnick, Ashley Miranda, Leza Cantoral, Corinne Manning, CAConrad, Danielle Perry, Annie Virginia, Claudia Cortese, Kelley O’Brien, Jessica Lynn Suchon, Hannah Kucharzak, Sarah Madges, Staci R. Schoenfeld, Alexis Smithers, Agnes Vittstrand, Freke Räihä, Jason Phoebe Rusch, Leah Mueller, MW Murphy, Katie Clark, Christoph Paul, Lora Nouk, Lauren Davis, and Diane Payne.