Unveiling Hidden Voices: How Divergent Writers Challenge Ableism and Redefine Creativity
Many of the essays touch upon how the traditional belief that “disability is a failing” is flawed, and how the writers’ different perceptions (via autism, or other neurodivergence) actually strengthen their writing. Many essays include references to the works of other disabled writers and artists, highlighting the interdisciplinary nature of the text. As Julia Lee Barclay-Morton notes in her essay, “How we are seen into the world affects how we see.”
Meet the Contributor
Marissa Gallerani is a queer and disabled writer and teacher living in Providence, Rhode Island. She received her MFA from The Newport MFA at Salve Regina, and has taught at multiple institutions of higher education including the New England Institute of Technology, Salve Regina University, and Write or Die. She has been published in The Harvard Review Online, the public’s radio, and The Financial Diet, among others. Marissa’s Substack, The Chaotic Reader, details her wide-ranging reading adventures. A life-long SFF fan, Marissa is currently at work on a science fantasy novel.
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