| Description |
xix, 376 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"A Vintage Books Original 2022"--Title page verso. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Origins -- A mutant from planet Cripton: an origin -- Lessons from a Chinese school dropout -- Troublemakers -- First-person political: musings from an angry Asian American disabled girl -- Rest in peace, Meowmee -- The Americans with disabilities act -- Letter to Time magazine -- Untitled high school poem -- Did you enjoy high school? -- Activism -- My Medicaid, my life -- The politics of change by Lizartistry -- Snack manifesto -- The Olmstead decision and me -- Hashtag activism and #CripTheVote by Lizartistry -- #CripTheVote: then and now -- Inclusive politics and the disability community by Lizartistry -- Bay area day of mourning -- Just say NOPE -- Activist wisdom -- Access -- One of those aha moments -- Why disabled people drop out -- My day as a robot -- Net neutrality, accessibility, and the disability community -- The last straw -- Ode to a spit cup -- Getting to the marrow -- Food heaven by Felicia Liang -- Let's recognize why #AccessIsLove -- Pureed spinach & mushroom soup -- Culture -- The 1 percent disabled club -- Cat life (artwork by Sam Schafer) -- How I spend my caturdays (and nights) at home -- Disabled faces -- Westward ho -- Year of the tiger crossword -- Lunar New Year memories -- Proust-ish questionnaire -- Storytelling -- Storytelling as activism -- Diversifying radio with disabled voices -- Choreography of care -- Tiger tips on interviewing -- Podcasting as storytelling -- Letter to Asian American disabled women and girls -- About time -- Pandemic -- I'm disabled and need a ventilator to live. Am I expendable during this pandemic? -- Freedom for some is not freedom for all -- Cooking in quarantine: shelter-in-place jook -- It's my body and I'll live if I want to -- A high-risk timeline of Alice Wong, proto-oracle -- In praise of peaches -- No to normal -- Future -- My disabled ancestors -- Ancestors and legacies -- The parasite by Hatiye Garip -- As I lay breathing -- The future of care? -- Dream dispatch: society of disabled oracles -- The rainbow by Hatiye Garip -- How to create a more inclusive future post-COVID -- The last disabled oracle -- The seedling by Hatiye Garip -- My grown-ass disabled person make-a-wish list -- Thank you, Mrs. Shrock -- Future notice. |
| Summary |
Drawing on a collection of original essays, previously published work, conversations, graphics, photos, commissioned art by disabled and Asian American artists, and more, Alice uses her unique talent to share an impressionistic scrapbook of her life as an Asian American disabled activist, community organizer, media maker, and dreamer. From her love of food and pop culture to her unwavering commitment to dismantling systemic ableism, Alice shares her thoughts on creativity, access, power, care, the pandemic, mortality, and the future. As a self-described disabled oracle, Alice traces her origins, tells her story, and creates a space for disabled people to be in conversation with one another and the world. Filled with incisive wit, joy, and rage, Wong's Year of the Tiger will galvanize readers with big cat energy. |
| Subject |
Wong, Alice, 1974-
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Asian Americans -- Biography.
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Asian Americans -- Social conditions.
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People with disabilities -- United States -- Biography.
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People with disabilities -- United States -- Social conditions.
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Asian Americans. (OCoLC)fst00818620
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Asian Americans -- Social conditions.
(OCoLC)fst00818666
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People with disabilities. (OCoLC)fst01057245
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People with disabilities -- Social conditions.
(OCoLC)fst01057340
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0593315391 (paperback) |
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9780593315392 (paperback) |
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