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'Wordgathering' brings fresh narrative surrounding artists with disabilities

‘Wordgathering’ brings fresh narrative surrounding artists with disabilities
Courtesy of Amy DeLousia
“January Sunrise” is one of the pieces featured in “Wordgathering,” which has been operating for 15 years and publishes work in a variety of art forms, such as paintings, essays and poetry.
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Kenny Fries is often frustrated with the narrative surrounding art created by people with disabilities.
“Historically, writing by writers with disabilities has been seen more as ‘therapy’ than art and culture, and this has been one of the many ways of silencing disabled voices,” said Fries, a professor in the creative writing graduate program at Goddard College. ....

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Zoeglossia names fellows for 2021 NMSU Conference

Zoeglossia has selected 13 disabled poets as fellows for their 2021 conference. The fellowship provides the poets with the opportunity to attend an annual retreat/conference and work with established writers who are also disabled. This year the event, hosted by New Mexico State University, will be held entirely online May 20-23 due to restrictions required by the Covid-19 pandemic.
New Mexico State University English professor Connie Voisine is a co-founder of Zoeglossia, an organization for poets and writers who identify as having a disability. (Courtesy Photo)
The NMSU College of Arts and Sciences is excited to have the opportunity to assist Zoeglossia and its NMSU-based co-founder Dr. Connie Voisine in providing this important venue for poets living life with disabilities to develop and share their voices to a national and international audience, said James Murphy, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. We look forward to th ....

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