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Interested in reviewing for DisLIS? Let Shanna know what book(s) you'd like to review: shollich@gmail.com
Would you like to review something that's not on this list? Let us know, and we'll see if we can secure you a copy. You're also welcome to review from your own copy.
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TitleAuthor/CreatorPublisher/ImprintPublication DateFormat (print/digital)Genre, fiction/nonfictionDisability repWho has it?Assigned a reviewer?Notes
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Sleeping While StandingTaki SomaAvery Hill Publishing7/21/2022printgraphic memoir (nonfiction)author has MSShanna (can ship)
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Pangu's ShadowKaren BaoLerner - Carolrhoda Lab2/6/2024printYA, sci-fi/fantasy fictionchronic illness?Shanna (can ship)
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Notes from a SickbedTessa BruntonLerner - Graphic Universe11/1/2022printYA graphic memoir (nonfiction)myalgic encephalomyelitis (chronic fatigue syndrome)Shanna (can ship)
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Stokes: The Brief Career of the NBA's First Black SuperstarTy Chapman and John Coy, illustrations by Konnie OllivierreLerner - Millbrook Press10/1/2024printchildren's picture book biography (nonfiction)brain injury and paralysisShanna (can ship)
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Sex, Identity, Aesthetics: The Work of Tobin Siebers and Disability Studiesedited by Jina B. Kim, Joshua Kupetz, Crystal Yin Lie, and Cynthia WuUniversity of Michigan Press10/2021digital open access PDF ; Shanna can ask for print upon requestdisability studies (nonfiction)"How Tobin Siebers’ foundational work in disability studies resonates in the field today"Shanna can ask for print upon request
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Embodied Archive: Disability in Post-Revolutionary Mexican Cultural ProductionSusan AntebiUniversity of Michigan Press4/2021digital open access PDF ; Shanna can ask for print upon requestdisability studies, Mexican history (nonfiction)"Disability and racial difference in Mexico’s early post-revolutionary period"Shanna can ask for print upon request
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Down Syndrome Culture: Life Writing, Documentary, and Fiction Film in Iberian and Latin American ContextsBenjamin FraserUniversity of Michigan Press8/2024forthcoming - Shanna can request a print copydisability studies, media studies, Latinx studies, literary studies (nonfiction)"Looking at Down syndrome representation from a global perspective"Shanna can ask for print upon request
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Disability and Social Justice in Kenya: Scholars, Policymakers, and Activists in ConversationNina Berman & Rebecca MonteleoneUniversity of Michigan Press5/2022digital (PDF)disability studies, African studies (nonfiction)"The first interdisciplinary and multivocal study of its kind to review achievements and challenges related to the situation of persons with disabilities in Kenya today"Shanna can send link
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Diaphanous Bodies: Ability, Disability, and Modernist Irish LiteratureJeremy ColangeloUniversity of Michigan Press11/2021digital (PDF)disability studies, literature studies (nonfiction)"Analyzing the invisible abled body through the work of Joyce, Beckett, Egerton, and Bowen"Shanna can send link
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HandiLand: The Crippest Place on EarthElizabeth A. WheelerUniversity of Michigan Press8/2019digital (PDF)disability studies, literary studies, American studies (nonfiction)"Spotlights the heroes and heroines with disabilities in young people’s literature as it also imagines an ideal society for youngsters with disabilities"Shanna can send link
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Mighty InsideSundee T. FrazierLevine Querido / Lantern Paperbacks3/5/2024printmiddle grade graphic novel, realistic fictionmain character speaks with a stutterShanna (can ship)
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The Making of Yolanda la BrujaLorraine AvilaLevine Querido4/11/2023printYA fictionmain character is a queer and Deaf person of colorShanna (can ship)
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The Last CuentistaDonna Barba HigueraLevine Querido10/12/2021printmiddle grade fantasy fictionmain character is visually impairedShanna (can ship)
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A Sign of Affection, omnibus edition (Vols. 1-3)suu MorishitaKodansha2020printdrama, romance fiction, mangaprotagonist is deafShanna (can ship)additional volumes available upon request
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The Moon on a Rainy Night, Vol. 1KuzushiroKodansha9/5/2023printromance fiction, LGBTQ+, mangaprotagonist is hearing impairedShanna (can ship)additional volumes available upon request
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A Silent Voice, complete collector's edition 1Yoshitoki OimaKodansha2015-2016printdrama, romance fiction, teens, mangahas a hearing-impaired characterShanna (can ship)
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Adventureman, Books 1-3Matt FractionImage Comics2020-2024digital (PDF)comics, fiction, mysterya character has hearing impairmentShanna can send link; can also request print copy as needed
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Clementine, Books 1-2Tillie WaldenImage Comics2022-2023digital (PDF)comics fictionmain character has mobility impairmentShanna can send link; can also request print copy as needed
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Klik Klik BoomDoug WagnerImage Comics1/3/2024digital (PDF)science fiction vibes, comics, mysteryprotagonist is muteShanna can send link; can also request print copy as needed
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New MastersShoboImage Comics10/19/2022digital (PDF)science fiction, comics, BIPOC representationprotagonist uses wheelchair / mobility aidShanna can send link; can also request print copy as needed
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Amazing Ash and Super Hero Ah MaMelanie Lee & Arif RafhanDifference Engine10/1/2020 (re-pubbed 8/2024)digital (PDF)graphic novel, middle grade, realistic fiction with superhero elementsgrandmother has dementiaShanna can send link
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Tolkien: Lighting Up the DarknessWilly DuraffourgAblaze10/18/2023digital (PDF)graphic biography (nonfiction)Tolkien experiences traumaShanna can send link
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Hanging on by a ThreadNoémie HoneinBlack Panel Press3/5/2025digital (PDF)graphic memoir (nonfiction)author/protagonist has cancerShanna can send link
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We are the Scrappy Oneswords by Rebekah Taussig ; pictures by Kirbi FaganLerner / Carolrhoda Books04/01/2025printpicture book (fiction)diverse cast of disabled charactersShanna can ship
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The Traitor and the WretchJasmine Walls ; illustrations by Rowan MacCollBone Dust Press10/10/2025digital (PDF) - this is an ARC, there is no physical version available at this timeadult novel with some illustrations (but not a graphic novel - it's mostly prose)from author: "one main character is a recent amputee (he's lost his right hand), while the other main character is colorblind and coping with severe trauma and anxiety"Shanna can send link
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Interface Frictions: How Digital Debility Reshapes Our BodiesNeta AlexanderDuke University Press08/2025printnonfiction - technology, disability studies, media studiesauthor explores user assumptions in digital design and technology platforms - arguing that they often "assume an able-bodied user and at the same time push users to ignore their bodily limitations like the need for rest, nourishment, or movement"Shanna can ship
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The Double Bind of Disability: How Medical Technology Shapes Bodily AuthorityRebecca MonteleoneUniversity of Minnesota Press11/18/2025print or digital versions available upon requestnonfiction - medical technology, disability studies"The Double Bind of Disability examines the complex relationship between medical technologies and their users, highlighting tensions between personal responsibility and medical authority."Shanna can request copies from UMN Press (they've already offered)
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Crip ScreensOlivia BannerDuke University Press10/21/2025printnonfiction - media studies, disability studies, medicine and health"In Crip Screens, Olivia Banner provides a wide-ranging and ongoing history of Black, feminist-of-color, and crip resistance to psychiatry’s incorporation of hegemonic media technologies into treatment and research."Shanna can ship
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Racial Care: On Asian American Suffering and SurvivalJames McMasterDuke University Press11/04/2025printnonfiction - Asian American studies, theater and performance studies, disability studies"In Racial Care, James McMaster studies the forms of care that Asian Americans have taken up to survive the suffering they experience under neoliberal capitalism and white supremacy in the United States." (unclear how much disability content is here)Shanna can ship
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