Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha is releasing a new book of poetry “The Way Disabled People Love Each Other.” It’s a fierce crip reckoning with all the ways disabled people love each other, in all our complexity. We’re thrilled to welcome Leah, in person, to celebrate! They will do a reading from the book with an opening from Stefani Echeverría-Fenn and Tre Vasquez. Afterwards, we’ll host a book signing and a delightful hang. They’re also bringing their community installation Disability Grief Portal Altar. It’s a place where people can come together to make a sacred space for disabled, mostly BIPOC, grief and loss – there will be candles, flowers, fruit, and folks can write down and leave the names of their ancestors. It’s going to be the coziest, loveliest, and most beautiful evening of crip art, love, and community.
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