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Cover of the audiobook version of Another Word for Love by Carvell Wallace. Cream background, with the title in yellow, red, pink, green font. The author's name is in brown, and below is a multicolored flower shape with Wallace's childhood photo in the middle of it.

This was the right book at the right time, for me. Yesterday was the anniversary of my dad's death, and I was sobbing when I finished Another Word for Love by Carvell Wallace last night. I didn't want the author's beautiful words to end, particularly read by the author. Highly recommend.

Cover of audiobook of Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World by Jessica Slice. Most of the words are in a white font with a red, green, orange, and yellow background made of stacked cubes.

I highly recommend Unfit Parent by Jessica Slice. It is not only for disabled parents but abled parents, and non- parents as well! People in the field of social work would do well to read or listen to this.

Our hafsin for Nowrooz (Persian New Year). Seven things that start with S in the Persian language. Such as seer (garlic), seeb (apples), senjed, sabsi (greens), sombol (hyacinth, fake because I am highly allergic), sicle (coins, in this case, fake chocolate coins)

Happy Nowrooz to those who celebrate!

I just finished listening to James by Percival Everett. Highly recommend in general, but the audiobook was amazing!

I just finished listening to Toni Morrison read "The Bluest Eye."
Listening to author read it was absolutely the best experience. I can't imagine experiencing this book (and the afterword) in any other way. It took until this point in my life, but it was the perfect time.

Book Banners Are Lying to Americans! Don't let them lie to you!

Book banners LOVE to say they just want pornography out of school libraries.

They're lying.

And we have the receipts.

(A Thread)

Or all in one post if you like - action.everylibrary.org/bookbannersl...

Current read/listen: Fang Fiction by Kate Stayman-London (after several months of being on the hold list on Libby.) I can't decide if I like it or not, but can't stop.

Blue and white cover of Take a Moment by Nina Kaye. Main character Alex is sitting with her legs crossed on a white park bench. She is wearing jeans, a yellow top and pink shoes. Next to her is a folded yellow and pink manual wheelchair. The tag line at the top says A Life changing diagnosis, A new perspective.

Very purple background. Main characters are lounging on a bed about to kiss. Part of the Sinful Wallflowers series.

First two books read in 2025 contain disability representation. My Darling Duke by Stacy Reid and Take a Moment by Nina Kaye.

Via @jennpozner.bsky.social: “The cold open following Trump’s 2016 win found a pantsuited Kate McKinnon at a grand piano singing ‘Hallelujah’[…]The gravity of the situation was clear.Yet now[…]Michaels decided that Burr’s gutter misogyny was the best of all possible responses.”

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IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHY YOUR DISABLED FRIENDS ARE SCARED RIGHT NOW. YOU DON'T HAVE DISABLED FRIENDS. YOU JUST HAPPEN TO KNOW SOMEONE DISABLED.