In Chinese culture, the tiger is revered for its confidence, passion, ambition, and ferocity. Alice Wong has that same fighting spirit. She draws on a collection of original essays, previously published work, conversations, graphics, photos, commissioned art by disabled and Asian American artists, and more, Alice Wong 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, she 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 wit, joy, and rage, her Year of the Tiger will galvanize readers with big cat energy.
Two of my best friends ever were both born in the Chinese Year of the Tiger: Jane in 1926 and Donna in 1950. Unfortunately for me — "fortune" cookies, notwithstanding — both have died, but they live on in my memories.
Now that Helen of Helen's Book Blog has made me aware of this book, I've put it on reserve at my library. Helen and commenters on Amazon rate it highly.
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I think you'll find this memoir interesting. I really liked that it had lots of different types of writing in it from letters to essays to transcripts.
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