AFB Centennial Book Club: Blind and Low Vision Authors Tell Their Stories

On September 15 at 2:00 p.m. EDT, the American Foundation for the Blind, in partnership with Amazon, will host a?conversation on writing, publishing, and the creative process, moderated by JoAnna Hunt, head of accessibility at Amazon Books and Retail.

Panelists will include:

• Georgina Kleege—Professor of English at University of California, Berkeley where in addition to teaching creative writing classes she teaches courses on representations of disability in literature, and disability memoir. She is the author of?More Than Meets the Eye: What Blindness Brings to Art?(2018),?Blind Rage: Letters to Helen Keller?(2006),?Sight Unseen?(1999), and?Home for the Summer?(1989).
• Zachary Shore—Professor of History at the Naval Postgraduate School and Senior Fellow at the Institute of European Studies, University of California, Berkeley, and author of?A Sense of The Enemy,?Blunder: Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions, and?What Hitler Knew, among other works.
• Jo Elizabeth Pinto—author of?Daddy Won't Let Mom Drive the Car: True Tales of Parenting in the Dark?and?The Bright Side of Darkness.

The authors will discuss how we can ensure greater representation in publishing, and what trends they are seeing in terms of inclusion both in the publishing space and in terms of accurate representation. We'll also learn what they're reading and get their book recommendations.

Join the Conversation!