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College of Arts and Sciences
Disability Studies

Academic Resources

Literature, Poetry, and Personal Narrative

1) Bailin, Miriam. The Sickroom in Victorian Fiction: The Art of Being Ill . Cambridge University Press, 1994

1 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks PR878.S5 B35 1994

 

2) Baker, Louise. Out on a Limb . McGraw-Hill, 1946

1 > Children's Lit Stacks   818 B176o
2 > Health Books     PS3503.A54415 O8

       

3) Bérubé, Michael . Life as We Know It: A Father, A Family, and an Exceptional Child . Vintage Books, 1998

1 > SocWk Stacks     HQ759.913 .B47 1998

 

4) Bauby, Jean-Dominique. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly [translated from the French by Jeremy Leggatt]. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1997

1 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks WL 355 B337s 1997
2 > Odegaard Stacks         WL 355 B337s 1997a

            

5) Brickner, Richard P. My Second Twenty Years: An Unexpected Life . Basic Books, 1976

1 > SocWk Stacks        PS3552.R45 Z52 1976

 

6) Brown, Christy. My Left Foot ; with a forward and epilogue by Robert Collis. Secker & Warburg, 1954

1 > SocWk Stacks            WS 342 B877m 1954
2 > Children's Literature PR6052.R5894 B76 1955

 

7) Browne, Susan E., Deborah Conners, and Nanci Stern [editors]. With the Power of Each Breath: A Disabled Women's Anthology . Cleis Press, 1985

1 > SocWk Stacks HQ1420 .W55 1985

 

8) Callahan, John. Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot: The Autobiography of a Dangerous Man . Morrow, 1989

1 > Odegaard Stacks     WL 346 C156 1989

 

9) Clare, Eli. Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation . South End Press, 1999.

1 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks HQ1426 .C56 1999

 

10) Carlson, Earl R. Born That Way . The John Day Company, 1941

1 > Health Storage     610.92 C197c
2 > Health Storage 610.92 C197c 
3 > NatSci Alternate Storage 612.78 C19b

 

11) Couser, G. Thomas. Recovering Bodies: Illness, Disability, and Life-Writing . University of Wisconsin Press, 1997

1 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks WC 503.7 C867r 1997

 

12) Crutchfield, Susan and Marcy Epstein [editors]. Points of Contact: Disability, Art, and Culture . University of Michigan Press, 1999

1 > Drama General Stacks     HV1568.2 .P65 2000

 

13) Davis, Lennard J. My Sense of Silence: Memoirs of a Childhood with Deafness . University of Illinois Press, 2000

1 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks HQ759.912 .D38 2000

 

14) Donley, Carol C. and Sheryl Buckley [editors]. The Tyranny of the Normal : An Anthology (Literature and Medicine, Vol. 2) . Kent State University Press, 1996

1 > Bothell/CCC Stacks     HM110 .T9 1996
2 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks    HM110 .T9 1996
3 > Tacoma Stacks HM110 .T9 1996

 

15) Donley, Carol C. and Sheryl Buckley [editors]. What's Normal ?: Narratives of Mental & Emotional Disorders. Kent State University Press, 2000

1 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks   PN6071.M4 W49 2000

 

16) Dorris, Michael. The Broken Cord . Harper & Row, 1989

1 > Bothell/CCC Stacks WQ 211 D716b 1989
2 > Health Books WQ 211 D716b 1989
3 > Odegaard Stacks WQ 211 D716b 1989
4 > Tacoma Stacks WQ 211 D716b 1989

 

17) Dunn, Katherine . Geek Love . Knopf, 1989

1 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks PS3554.U47 G4 1989
2 > SpecColl Rare Folio PS3554.U47 G4 1989 Art binding

 

18) Finger, Anne. Past Due: A Story of Disability, Pregnancy, and Birth . Seal Press, 1990

1 > SpecColl Book Arts WQ 200 F497p 1990 Shelved under Seal Press
2 > Bothell/CCC Stacks WQ 200 F497p 1990

 

19) Frank, Arthur W. At the Will of the Body: Reflection on Illness . Houghton Mifflin, 1991

1 > Bothell/CCC Stacks W 85 F828a 1991
2 > Tacoma Stacks W 85 F828a 1991

 

20) Frank, Arthur W. The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and Ethics . University of Chic ago Press, 1995

1 > Odegaard Stacks W85 F828w 1995

 

21) Frank, Gelya. Venus on Wheels : Two Decades of Dialogue on Disability, Biography, and Being Female in America . University of California Press, 2000

1 > Odegaard Stacks         HV3021.W66 F73 2000
2 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks HV3021.W66 F73 2000
3 > Tacoma Stacks HV3021.W66 F73 2000
4 > Bothell/CCC Reserve HV3021.W66 F73 2000

 

22)   Fries, Kenny. Body, Remember: A Memoir . Dutton, 1997

1 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks PS3556.R568 Z464 1997
2 > Bothell/CCC Stacks PS3556.R568 Z464 1997

 

23) Hathaway, Katharine Butler. The Little Locksmith . Coward-McCann, 1943

1 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks    921 H284L

 

24) Grandin, Temple . Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports From My Life with Autism . Doubleday, c1995

1 > Odegaard Stacks     WM 203.5 G753t 1996
2> Bothell/CCC Stacks WM 203.5 G753t 1996

 

25) Grealy, Lucy. Autobiography of a Face . Houghton Mifflin, 1994

1 > Tacoma Stacks     WE 258 G786a 1994
2 > Odegaard Stacks RD661.G74 A3 2003

 

26) Guter, Bob and John R. Killacky [eds.]. Queer Crips: Disabled Gay Men and Their Stories . Harrington Park Press, c2004

1 > Odegaard Stacks         HQ76 .Q423 2004

 

27) Hockenberry, John . Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs, and Declarations of Independence .

1 > Bothell/CCC Stacks     WL 346 H685m 1995
2 > SocWk Stacks WL 346 H685m 1995  

 

28) Hull, John M. Touching the Rock: An Experience of Blindness . Pantheon Books, 1990

1> Odegaard Stacks HV1947.H85 A3 1990

   

 

29) Kleege, Georgina . Sight Unseen . Yale University Press, 1999

1 > Bothell/CCC Stacks HV1593 .K528 1999
2 > Tacoma Stacks HV1593 .K528 1999

 

30) Klein, Bonnie Sherr in collaboration with Persimmon Blackridge. Slow Dance: A Story of Stroke, Love and Disability . PageMill Press : Distributed to the trade by Publishers group West, c1998

1 > Tacoma Stacks      WL 355 K64s 1998

 

31) Kuusisto, Stephen. Planet of the Blind . Delta, 1998

1 >   Odegaard Stacks HV1792.K88 A3 1998
2 > Bothell/CCC Stacks HV1792.K88 A3 1999

 

32) Lancet [publisher]. Disabilities and How to Live with Them . London , 1952 [ NOTE: "Collection of true stories written by patients, or former patients, for publication in The Lancet."]

1 > SocWk Stacks     371.91 L224d

 

33) Mairs, Nancy. Carnal Acts: Essays . Harper-Collins, 1990

1 > Odegaard Stacks     PS3563.A386 Z464 1990

 

34) Mairs, Nancy. Plaintext: Essays . University of Arizona Press, 1986

1 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks PS3563.A386 P5 1986
2 > Odegaard Stacks PS3563.A386 P5 1987

 

35) Mairs, Nancy. Waist-High in the World: A Life Among the Nondisabled . Beacon Press, 1996

1 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks WL 360 M229w 1996
2 > Bothell/CCC Stacks WL 360 M229w 1996

 

36) Mason, Mary Grimley. Working Against Odds : Stories of Disabled Women's Work Lives. Routledge, 2005

1 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks   HD7256.U5 O269 2005

 

37) Marshall, Alan. I Can Jump Puddles . World Publishing Co., 1957

1 > Children's Literature   PR6025.A649 Z54 1957

 

38) Mehta, Ved. Sound-shadows of the New World . Norton, c1985

1 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks   HV2093.M43 A345 1985

         

39) Mehta, Ved. The Stolen Light . Norton, 1989

1 > Odegaard Stacks    HV1792.M4 A3 1989

 

40) McHugh, Mary. Special Siblings : Growing Up with Someone with a Disability . Paul H. Brookes, 2003

1 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks    HV1553 .M38 2003 

 

41) Michalko, Rod. The Two-in-One: Walking with Smokie, Walking with Blindness . Temple University Press, 1998

1 > Odegaard Stacks     HV1780 .M53 1998
2 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks    HV1780 .M53 1998

            

42) Miller, Vassar [editor]. Despite This Flesh: The Disabled in Stories and Poems . University of Texas Press, 1985

1 > Odegaard Stacks PS509.P58 D48 1985
2 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks PS509.P58 D48 1985

 

43) Millman, Marcia. Such a Pretty Face : Being Fat in America . Norton, c1980

1 > Odegaard Stacks     WD 212 M655s 1980

 

44) Mitchell, David T., and Sharon Snyder [editors]. Narrative Prosthesis: Disability and the Dependencies of Discourse . University of Michigan Press, 2000

1 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks   PN56.5.H35 M58 2000   

         

45) Moody, Rick. Purple America : A Novel . Little Brown, 1997

1 > Odegaard Stacks PS3563.O5537 P87 1997

 

46) Mukand, Jon. Articulations: The Body and Illness in Poetry . University of Iowa Press, 1994

1 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks PS595.C37 A78 1994

 

47) Mullins, June. Special People Behind the 8-ball: An Annotated Bibliography of Literature Classified by Handicapping Conditions . Mafex Associates, [1975]

1 > SuzzRef Stacks     Z7254 .M84

 

48) Murphy, Robert F. The Body Silent . H. Holt, 1987

1 > Odegaard Stacks WL 346 M978b 1987

2 > Bothell/CCC Stacks WL 346 M978b 1990

 

49) Murphy, Stephen T. On Being L.D.: Perspectives and Strategies of Young Adults . Teacher's College Press, 1992

1> Suzzallo/Allen Stacks LC4705 .M86 1992

 

50) Nielsen, Kim E. The Radical Lives of Helen Keller . New York University Press, c2004

 

51) Nolan, Christopher. Dam-burst of Dreams: The Writings of Christopher Nolan ; introduction by Marjorie Wallace. Ohio University Press, 1981

1 > Odegaard Stacks PR6064.O39 D3 1981

 

52) Nolan, Christopher. Under the Eye of the Clock: The Life Story of Christopher Nolan . St. Martins Press, 1988

1 > Odegaard Stacks     PR6064.O39 U5 1988
2 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks    PR6064.O39 U5 1988

 

53) O'Brien, Ruth [ed]. Voices from the edge : narratives about the Americans with Disabilities Act. Oxford University Press, 2004

1 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks   KF480.Z9 V65 2004

 

54) Oe, Kenzabur. Kojinteki na taiken. [English: A Personal Matter ; translated from the Japanese by John Nathan]. Grove Press Inc. [c1969], 1994 .

1 > Bothell/CCC Stacks PL858.E14 K613 1994
2 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks PL858.E14 K613 1994
3 > EAsia General Stacks    PL858.E14 K613 1969
4 > Odegaard Stacks     PL858.E14 K613

           

55) Padden, Carol and Tom Humphreys. Deaf in America : Voices from a Culture . Harvard University Press, 1988

1 > Odegaard Stacks HV2545 .P33 1988
2 > Bothell/CCC Stacks HV2545 .P33 1988

 

56) Panzarino, Connie. The Me in the Mirror . Seal Press, 1994

1> SpecColl Book Arts HV3021.W66 P36 1994 Shelved under Seal Press

 

57) Quicke, John. Disability in Modern Children's Fiction . Brookline Books, 1985

1 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks PR888.C5 Q53 1985

 

58) Rae, Robert and Nabil Shaban [et al]. D.A.R.E. [Disabled Anarchists' Revolutionary Enclave]. Methuen , 2002

1 > Drama General Stacks    PR6118.A35 D25 2002

 

59) Robillard, Albert B. Meaning of a Disability: The Lived Experience of Paralysis . Temple University Press, 1999

1 > Tacoma Stacks     WE 550 R654 1999

 

60) Roth, William. The Handicapped Speak . McFarland, 1981.

1 > SocWk Stacks            HV1553 .R67

 

61) Sacks, Oliver. A Leg to Stand On . Summit Books, c1984 [Reprinted HarperCollins Publishers, 1994 HarperCollins Publishers, 1994]

1 > Health Books     WZ 100 S121L 1984
2 > Odegaard Stacks WZ 100 S121L 1994
3 > Tacoma Stacks WZ 100 S121L 1994

 

62) Sandberg, David. Poems: Written in the Stairwell . Stairwell Consulting, 1979

1 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks PS3569.A4697 P63 1979

 

63) Sandberg, David. Post-Coma Socialization: The Survivors Experience . Thesis (M.A.) -- San Francisco State University , 1991 Photocopy. [ Seattle ? : University of Washington , 1993].

1> Suzzallo/Allan Stacks WB 182 S213p 1991a

 

64) Saunders, Kathy. Happy Ever Afters: A Storybook Code to Teaching Children about Disability . Trentham, 2000

1 > SuzRef Curric Mat Stack HV1568.2 .S38 2000

 

65) Saxton, Marcia and Florence Howe [eds.]. With Wings: An Anthology of Literature By and About Women with Disabilities . Feminist Press at the City University of New York , 1987

1 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks PS508.P56 W58 1987
2 > Odegaard Stacks PS508.P56 W58 1987

 

66) Sealey, Jenny [ed]. Graeae plays 1: New Plays Redefining Disability . Aurora Metro Press, 2002

1 > Drama General Stacks     PR1272 .G7 2002

 

67) Stoddard Holmes, Martha. Fictions of Affliction: Physical Disability in Victorian Culture . University of Michigan Press , c2004

1 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks   PR468.P35 S76 2004

 

68) Stewart, Jean. The Body's Memory . St. Martin 's Press, 1989

1> Odegaard Stacks PS3569.T4648 B64 1989

 

69) Styron, William. Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness . Random House, 1990

1> Bothell/CCC Stacks WM 171 S928d 1990
2> Odegaard Stacks WM 171 S928d 1990

 

70) Thomson, Rosemarie Garland. Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Disability in American Culture and Literature . Columbia University Press, 1996

1 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks PS374.P44 T49 1997
2 > Bothell/CCC Stacks PS374.P44 T49 1997

 

69) Viscardi, Henry. A Laughter in the Lonely Night [Drawings by Charles Rowe]. P. S. Eriksson [1961]

1 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks 371.91 V821L

 

70) Viscardi, Henry. Give Us the Tools ; with an introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt. Eriksson-Taplinger Co., 1959

1 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks    371.91 V821g 

 

71) Viscardi, Henry. A Letter to Jimmy . P.S. Eriksson [1962]

1 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks 136.761 V821L

 

72) Walker, Turnley. Rise Up and Walk . Dutton, 1950

1 > SpecColl Pacific NW     979.7a W154r

 

73) Walter, Ellery. The World on One Leg . G.P. Putnam's sons, 1928

1 > Suzzallo/Allen Stacks  910.4 W17w 

 

74) Willey, Liane Holliday. Pretending to be Normal: Living with Asperger's Syndrome . Jessica Kingsley, 1999

1 > SocWk Stacks WM 203.5 W523p 1999

 

75) Zola, Irving . Missing Pieces: A Chronicle of Living With a Disability . Temple University Press, 1982

1 > SocWk Stacks HV1559.N4 Z64
2 > Bothell/CCC Stacks HV1559.N4 Z64

 

76) Zola, Irving [editor]. Ordinary Lives: Voices of Disability and Disease . Apple-wood Books, 1982

1 > Odegaard Stacks WB 320 O64 1982