Author Annie Carl is on a mission to bring the disabled writing community into the spotlight with her newest anthology, Soul Jar, written entirely by disabled authors. Come along in her Big Idea as she tells us how she came up with the idea for this anthology, and what led to her desire to make it happen.
ANNIE CARL:
I’ve been disabled my whole life. And a reader for the better part of my life. And a nerd since before I knew what that word meant.
Society likes to ignore the disabled community until a story comes along about a person “overcoming the odds” or some other such inspiration porn bullshit. Once that news cycle blurs into obscurity, it’s back to being the invisible minority again.
I was invisible over and over growing up. Occasionally my peers would pay attention, but it was usually just after another surgery. They’d come visit while I was in the hospital or at home. Then I would be out of their lives until the next surgery…
Soul Jar: Amazon|Barnes & Noble|Bookshop|Powell’s
Read the rest of her story at: The Big Idea: Annie Carl
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