Virtual Event: Alice Wong

Harvard Book Store welcomes ALICE WONG—bestselling author of Year of the Tiger and editor of Disability Visibility—for a discussion of her new book Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire. She will be joined in a panel discussion by LEAH LAKSHMI PIEPZNA-SAMARASINHA—author or co-editor of ten books, including The Future Is Disabled—NICOLE LEE SCHROEDER—historian, educator, and disability rights activist, and ELLEN SAMUELS—associate professor and a founding member of the UW Disability Studies Initiative. This event will feature an ASL interpreter and a live captioner.  

Ticketing

There are two ticket options for this event. If you have any questions please read the FAQs at the bottom of this page. 

Free RSVP Ticket: Includes a link to access the event on Zoom.

Event access + Book + US Shipping: Includes a link to access the event on Zoom and one paperback copy of Disability Intimacy and media mail shipping. U.S. addresses only. Books will be shipped after April 30th.

About Disability Intimacy

What is intimacy? More than sex, more than romantic love, the pieces in this stunning and illuminating new anthology offer broader and more inclusive definitions of what it can mean to be intimate with another person. Explorations of caregiving, community, access, and friendship offer us alternative ways of thinking about the connections we form with others—a vital reimagining in an era when forced physical distance is at times a necessary norm.

But don't worry: there's still sex to consider—and the numerous ways sexual liberation intersects with disability justice. Plunge between these pages and you'll also find disabled sexual discovery, disabled love stories, and disabled joy. These twenty-five stunning original pieces—plus other modern classics on the subject, all carefully curated by acclaimed activist Alice Wong—include essays, photo essays, poetry, drama, and erotica: a full spectrum of the dreams, fantasies, and deeply personal realities of a wide range of beautiful bodies and minds. Disability Intimacy will free your thinking, invigorate your spirit, and delight your desires.

Praise for Alice Wong

“To Alice Wong, words like diversity and intersectionality aren’t just buzzwords. They are marching orders. Everyone should take in the wisdom woven throughout Disability Visibility.” —W. Kamau Bell, host of United Shades of America

“A celebration and a source of deep education for many to bear witness (and feel seen by) the vastness of disabled stories, voices, and backgrounds.” —Jennifer Baker, editor of Everyday People: The Color of Life

“As a Deaf Asian American, it wasn’t until recent years that I started considering myself disabled. Disability Visibility is a very informed starting point for anyone who, like myself, would like to get a better understanding of disability as a massive and beautifully nuanced spectrum.” —Christine Sun Kim, artist

FAQ

I live outside the U.S. Can I still join the event?

• Yes, you can choose the Free RSVP Ticket option. The book-included ticket option should only be selected by attendees with U.S. mailing addresses. We cannot ship books outside of the U.S. 

I can’t join live. Will this event be recorded?

• Yes. The event will be recorded and shared on our video archive about two weeks after the event. You can access our video archive here:  www.harvard.com/events/hbs_channel/

I have a question for the authors. Will there be a Q&A?

• There will not be an audience Q&A for this event. 

Is closed captioning available for this event?

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• This event will feature an ASL interpreter and a live captioner. 

Will I be able to turn on my camera or microphone?

• No. 

When can I expect to receive the book?

• Disability Intimacy by Alice Wong is on sale April 30, 2024. Books will begin shipping after this date. Advance copies are not available. You will receive an email from Harvard Book Store when your book ships.

Will my book be signed?

• No.

Where is the link to join the event?

• The Zoom registration link will be shared in your ticket confirmation email. Click the link and enter your name and email. You will then be sent an email with the access link to the webinar. Please contact events@harvard.com if you have any trouble accessing the event.