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Soul Jar: Thirty-One Fantastical Tales by Disabled Authors

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Soul Jar: Thirty-One Fantastical Tales by Disabled Authors

Contributors:

By (Author) Annie Carl
Foreword by Nicola Griffith

ISBN:

9781942436577

Publisher:

Forest Avenue Press

Imprint:

Forest Avenue Press

Publication Date:

1st March 2024

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

General

Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Other Subjects:

Science fiction
Anthologies: general
Fantasy

Dewey:

813.0876208

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

400

Dimensions:

Width 152mm, Height 229mm

Description

  • Nicola Griffith has earned a worldwide reputation as a disabled SFF writer, and she has penned the foreword

  • Annie Carl is one of the only disabled bookstore owners in the US; her voice as an editor is a clarion call to representation

  • The editor is beloved by booksellers, especially in the Pacific Northwest, as she is an avid participant in the bookselling community and an active member of PNBA

  • Authors include Nisi Shawl, Nicola Griffith, Jennifer Lee Rossman, Raven Oak, and many new and upcoming voices

  • Authors live all across the US, including Hawaii, New Mexico, Maine, Florida, Tennessee, and Washington

  • Disability representation includes authors with diabetes, epilepsy, polio, autism, bipolar, and other conditions

  • The stories are full of humor and characters who make the most of their situations; its a clarion call to resilience and acceptance

  • The title, SOUL JAR, invokes the idea of how we are all stuck with our bodies, no matter what their conditions or issues
  • Reviews

    "The soul jar overfloweth in this radical anthology of mermaids, mechas, and rotten hyenas. Annie Carls refined taste for the far out has unleashed a swath of writers who zone in on disabled joys and vexations. How refreshing it is to read from writers who get it."

    Jonah Barnett, author of Moss-Covered Claws

    Author Bio

    Editor Annie Carl was born with a rare spinal birth-defect (lipomeningomyelocele) and is a Stage IV Non-Hodgkins survivor. She owns and runs The Neverending Bookshop in Edmonds, Wash. She is the author ofMy Tropey Life: How Pop Culture Stereotypes Make Disabled Lives Harderand the novellaNebula Vibrations. When not running an award-winning bookstore, Annie reads massive quantities of science fiction, fantasy, and romance; pole dances; knits; and hangs out with her goofy family and friends. Nicola Griffith is the author of the award-winning booksHild, Spear, andSo Lucky, among others.Her essays, opinion pieces, reviews, and short fiction have appeared in an assortment of academic texts and a variety of journals and media outlets, including theNew York Times,Nature,New Scientist, Los Angeles Review of Books, NPR, Electric Lit, Literary Hub,andOut.

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