Date and Time
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM CST
Location
Zoom
Fees/Admission
Free
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Contact Information
Nancy Petersen, MSW
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Description
Please join Ability KC as they present a book release celebration for Sitting Pretty: A View From My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Ability KC’s and Kansas City’s own Rebekah Taussig. The book and Rebekah are both EXTRAORDINARY! You don't want to miss this event on 11/19/2020 from 5:30 pm-7:00 pm for an amazing night of laughs and insights into daily life we all need to consider!
“I laughed! I cried! I cheered!” - Nancy Petersen
Check out and follow Ability KC on Facebook and Instagram and share this event with your friends. This is a book EVERYONE needs to read!!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Rebekah Taussig is a Kansas City writer and teacher with her doctorate in Creative Nonfiction and Disability Studies. She grew up in thrift stores, coffee shops, and bookstores, from the River Market to the Crossroads. She runs the Instagram platform @sitting_pretty, where she crafts “mini-memoirs” to contribute nuance to the collective narratives being told about disability. Released by HarperOne in August 2020, her memoir in essays, Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body provides a nuanced portrait of a body that looks and moves differently than most. It is not an exaggeration to say that Ability KC has changed her life, and she is a number one fan of the dynamite team who works there. She lives in a tiny, old house with her fussy family of tenderhearted snugglers in Strawberry Hill. You can follow her work and sign up for her newsletter at www.rebekahtaussig.com.
