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Guest Blogger: William L. Alton on Inspiration
Listen to this post read by William L. Alton: “I have only one thing to say. I am not an inspiration. When people tell me I’m an inspiration and example to other disabled writers, my skin crawls, and my head fills up with white noise. Nothing I do is to be an inspiration. They have…
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Guest Blogger: Annie Salness
Listen to this post spoken by Annie Salness: Painter Annie Salness is bringing together two worlds in the way she paints. Two years ago, she had a stroke and lost the use of her dominant right hand. Calling on her experience coaching sports, she now gives herself daily drawing drills and exercises to gain more…
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Guest Blogger Tyler Presnell: “Respect the Journey”
Listen to this post: Tyler is back! And he’s got a new book filled with some of his most mind-opening rhymes called “Respect the Journey.” Tyler does a lot of public speaking about disrespectful driving and about his own traumatic brain injury in a massive car wreck. He also expresses himself through rhyme. Goodness knows…
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Guest Blogger: Annie Laurie Harris memoir “It’s Easier to Dance”
Listen to this post: I’m a non-fiction kind of gal. I really like biographies. And I’m not afraid to admit it: I love memoirs and autobiographies. So I’m very excited to be able to present today some very brief excerpts from the memoir by Annie Laurie Harris called “It’s Easier to Dance.” Annie has given…
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Guest Blogger: Mike Burns
Listen to this post: I met Mike Burns in 2001 working on Actual Lives Austin, which is “Central Texas’ own and only ensemble dedicated to crip theatre with attitude.” Here is Mike’s blog called “Adventures of a Superhero”: www.superhero333.tumblr.com. And here is a beautiful short film he made. In the film, you see the Actual…