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Tyler Cohen

Just learned from my publisher that there are only 10 copies left!
(well, 15, but she’s archiving 5)
#comics #memoir #gender #parenting
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ComicsCamp.ClubTyler Cohen (@tylerzonia@comicscamp.club)My book, Primahood: Magenta, which is both a book about raising a child in a gendered, racialized culture, as well as a query into what is female, is available from Stacked Deck Press (& winner of the Bisexual Book Award of 2017). Not many of these left. https://stackeddeckpress.com/product/primahood-magenta/ In some ways me comics essay/story, “Semantic Shift,” is a follow-up, with a dive into changing language around queerness, from the point of view of a queer parent of a queer teen (it’s both a contemplation and advocacy). This one can be read online at Mutha Magazine, or purchased as a zine from me for $10, plus shipping.
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Carl Johnson

In May we spent a long weekend in Syracuse, where we met and spent our 20s. I've written a lot about what that visit felt like and the memories it conjured, being back in a place that felt so familiar even though so much has changed.

I've finally finished my thoughts on the penultimate place we lived in Syracuse – the lovely old house on Green Street where we had such a lovely little life together.

#life #nostalgia #memoir #memories #Syracuse #SyracuseNY #SaltCity

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Photograph of an Edwardian home in Syracuse, New York, seen from an angle that captures the front and one side. The three-story building is complicated and features many windows. The front left has a beveled protrusion, then the house retreats back a bit for a recessed porch, both on the second and first stories. The main feature, to the right of the porch, is a protruding turret with conical roof; to the turret is attached another porch. Around the side of the house, tall windows on the lower story, smaller on the second, and then a collection of different shapes on the upper story. The house is painted in a combination of historically accurate colors, a base color on the extensive clapboard siding and a darker color for all the trim.
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MikeDunnAuthor

Working-Class Memoir & Fiction:

If you're in the Bay Area October 5, 2024, come hear us read. Jenny and Michelle are awesome writers. Their books are great. You'll have a blast!

We're reading together at Bound Together Anarchist Bookstore 7:30pm. It's just up the street from Golden Gate Park. Walk on over after Hardly Strictly Bluegrass.

Book readings & signings featuring Michelle Cruz-Gonzales, "The Spitboy Rule," Michael Dunn, "Anywhere But Schuylkill," and Jenny Worley, " Neon girls: A stripper's education in Protest and Power," Saturday, Oct 5, 7:30 pm, Bound Together Books, 1369 Haight Street, San Francisco. Includes books covers for each of the 3 books mentioned above.
#books#writers#fiction
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Damon Thomas

The 5th edition of my Southern Gothic Flash Memoir omnibus is out! Walt Whitman continually edited and extended "Leaves of Grass." What we read now is a literal "deathbed edition" of this work. "Some Books Are Not For Sale" is a living document as well. Additions, Subtractions, Tweaks, and Rethinks. This edition adds 2 extra sections. There is always something to be done. amazon.com/Some-Books-Are-Not- #books #BooksofMastodon #writing #poetry #memoir #SouthernGothic #florida

An oil slick on worn pavement. Text – "A 5th Edition Omnibus Southern Gothic Flash Memoir. Two extra sections. A Dixie County story in 20 parts."
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Tyler Cohen

Working on this graphic #memoir has me spelunking the 1980s, with just as much (imagined) claustrophobia, eerie echoes, and a headlamp that simultaneously reveals & obscures.

Getting back to the #wip once again (after being unable to focus, as all my energy & psyche went into my offspring’s healthcare management)

Ink pencil drawing of video cover art for the movie Alien, held in front of two tweens sitting in front of an old-model tv
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Franke James

We just celebrated our 10th Anniversary 🎉 ⭐ !! My sister, @TeresaHeartchild, has lived with me and my husband, @billiamjames since Dec 1, 2013. It's a victory in so many ways. Teresa was wrongly labelled 'incapable' in 2013 and put in a nursing home. Most people don't get out alive—and they don't become #HumanRights champions as Teresa has done. 🙌

#IDPwD #downsyndrome #forcedcare #activism

My #memoir tells the tale:
Freeing Teresa: A True Story about My Sister and Me.
a.co/d/2FUMT56

Author Franke James smiles at the camera. She's a white woman with wavy blonde hair to her shoulders, and is sitting on her sister Teresa's chair back. Franke is wearing a red scarf and a long floral patterned dress in black velvet. Teresa is white and has Down syndrome. She is smiling and wears magenta glasses and a tie-dye shirt. In front of her is a plate of food and on the right is a stack of coloured markers. There is a gas fireplace behind them. Photo by Billiam James, Dec 1, 2023.
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Franke James

Ten years ago today, on Nov 30, 2013, a daring rescue team (my dad, my husband @billiamjames, & me ;-) helped @TeresaHeartchild get free! 🙌 How we did it is in my #memoir, "Freeing Teresa."
Today, on the 10th anniversary, I sent out a press release. In it, I said, "It's shocking to realize that #ableism -- prejudice against people with #disabilities -- almost held Teresa back from fulfilling her true potential. We need to tell this story to bring about change." newswire.ca/news-releases/wron

Dad hugs Teresa hoping that he can bring her home. Dad and Teresa Hug: On hearing the news that Teresa might be able to be discharged from Aiker Place, Dad and Teresa hug each other warmly. Dad is wearing a black sweater and his favourite Rolex watch on top of his sleeve. Teresa’s face is buried in Dad’s embrace. She is wearing a purple fleece sweatshirt. The image's background is greyed out and diffused. Photo by Franke James, Nov 30, 2013.
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Franke James

Ten years ago today, on Nov 29, 2013, I called my father about @TeresaHeartchild's sudden placement in the nursing home. He felt that she had been kidnapped. “Listen, I’m really upset now.” Dad was steaming. “I want somebody to bring me down there! And I want to get Teresa out.” “Maybe we should take you down?” I said, “And we could try to get Teresa released.” #FreeingTeresa #truestory #Downsyndrome #forcedcare #activist #memoir #disabilityrights
[Amazon link: a.co/d/5vEbGeH ]

In the rush to put Teresa in the nursing home on Nov 27, 2013, her framed school photo and her Sick Kids bottle with her finisher medals in it were left behind. Nov 28, 2013 Franke James Photo: Teresa’s treasures were left behind at the condo. On her bedside table sits a bright pink translucent Sick Kids water bottle containing Teresa’s fitness medals and lanyards. Her framed school photo is beside it. In that school photo, Teresa is a teenager wearing her school uniform. She is smiling and looks happy.
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Franke James

Ten years ago today, on Nov 28, 2013, I was heartbroken. I was visiting my sister @TeresaHeartchild on her second day at the Toronto nursing home. Teresa was sitting cross-legged on her bed. On the floor next to her was a row of big plastic shopping bags stuffed with her clothing & belongings. I was pleased that she hadn’t unpacked yet; I took it as a sign that she did not want to stay. [Amazon link: a.co/d/5vEbGeH ]
#Downsyndrome #forcedcare #activist #memoir #FreeingTeresa #truestory

Image of excerpt from "Freeing Teresa," Chapter 32 by Franke James: “It’s just past this funeral home,” bill said as we walked from the subway. “That’s where they took my grandparents when they died.” Then he pointed down the street to a four-storey brick building. “See, there it is.” Aiker Place looked like a nondescript apartment building with a plastic sign over the entrance. Nearby there was a church, a few drab apartment buildings, a small inner-city park, and panhandlers on the sidewalk. It was depressing to imagine Teresa living in this neighbourhood. For the last twenty-four hours we had been phoning around, getting advice. We called our lawyer, Nikolas Vincente. We spoke with Bill’s activist friends in the medical community, who introduced us to Lois Sampson, an elder rights activist. Everyone was concerned but nobody had an easy solution, especially if Deirdre and Conrad had the proper legal authority, as they insisted. I was nervous as we walked up to the entrance. The official word from Conrad was that visits should be delayed. I hadn’t asked if that applied to us, and I was afraid that Aiker Place might bar us from visiting Teresa. But I tamped down my fears. We had to give it a try. Lois had given us..."
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