Feat accomplished. I am, finally, SOMETHING TO BE READ FOR THE PURPOSES OF INSTILLING HOPE! I knew that all these years, if I kept just shoegazing during my mope rock (aka writing about suicidality, psychosis, carceral care, ableism, stigma, sundry adverse events of childhood, medical neglect, and oh! deer deer deer deer deer) I would finally be seen! (HAD to be the effect of the smile, so rare! And only elicited because my eldest, taking the picture, is very fun and safe).
Click here for the piece by Luke Beirne.
From Tidewater Books in Sackville, NS:
It’s really positive. Yay! Thank you Todd
They came! Re: “How to lose the audience”, I think I just did this today on a conference call (keeping it real). My thanks to the mighty ‘manse, to Mary and Brian, & to the magazines (Malahat, Fiddlehead) and editors (Iain, Rowan) that gave me a chance to lose more audiences
CBC ‘n me. Click ici.
My book about SpockGonzoing the Wild Fandango has been shortlisted for a nice award! Or, my book about being despised in social space, despised in professional space, and yet somehow bringing a special solidarity as a parent to my intellectually disabled child, has been shortlisted for an award! Do consider ordering from Palimpsest Press or from your local bookshop. And further FYI, I’ll be on Craig Norris’ Morning Edition of CBC KW around 810 am Wednesday Oct. 29, livestream here. Looking forward to the conversation . . .
Shane Neilson 