The Disability Book Archive

[ID: Book cover for Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life with a marigold yellow background. On the right side is an illustration of a crouching tiger in red in the style of Chinese paper cuttings with delicate cutouts in various shapes giving form and definition to the tiger. The tiger has a fierce expression, eyes and jaws wide open, teeth bared. The tiger has large paws with four claws extended. On the left in black large text YEAR OF THE TIGER at the top and ALICE WONG below. In the center in smaller red text AN ACTIVIST’S LIFE and in the lower right corner EDITOR OF DISABILITY VISIBILITY. Small, delicate red flowers are sprinkled throughout. Book cover by Madeline Partner. /end]

Image description from the Disability Visibility Project website, linked here.

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Content Warning:

• Ableism
• Medical Content
• Genocide
• Death
• Body Shaming

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Summary:

From the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, and the editor of the acclaimed anthology Disability Visibility, a genre-bending memoir in essays offers a glimpse into an activist’s journey to finding and cultivating community and the continued fight for disability rights.

In Chinese culture, the tiger is deeply revered for its beauty and ferocity and symbolizes power, bravery, and protection. That same fighting spirit resides in Alice Wong.

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 voice and talent to share a raw and multifaceted impressionistic collage of her life as an Asian American disability rights activist, community builder, and media maker. From her love of good food and pop culture to her unwavering commitment to speaking out against the often complex and overlooked ways inequities and injustices play out in an ableist society, Alice tells her story and creates a space to hear from other disability activists through enriching conversations. From a world-class activist and storyteller, Alice’s Year of the Tiger offers humor and wisdom, and encourages us to do better.

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Notes:

For more information on this book, Wong and a plain text translation of the book, please follow this link to the Disability Visibility Project website.

Here is the link to the Archive entry for Wong’s Disability Visibility.

There is are ebook and audiobook versions available.

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Archivist Comments:

I’ve wanted to put this one on for a while and finally reached it on the spreadsheet! I’d only encountered the Disability Visibility Project in passing before I started this, but I’ve learned a lot since then and (as you may have noticed) linked it above in case you want to check it out for yourself!

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