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ADA Awareness Month: Robert Carr and The Cultural Access Network Project

ADA Awareness Month: Robert Carr and The Cultural Access Network Project

As I mentioned in my first piece for ADA Awareness Month, I recently attended an ADA Plan training session facilitated by John McEwen and Robert Carr of the Cultural Access... Read More
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For Florenz: “To Forgive Is” by Pamela Spiro Wagner

For Florenz: “To Forgive Is” by Pamela Spiro Wagner

from We Mad Climb Shaky Ladders to beginand there is so much to forgive:for one, your parents, one and two,out of whose dim haphazard couplingyou sprang forth roaring, indignantly alive.For this,... Read More
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For Florenz: “Goya’s Instructions” by Baron Wormser

For Florenz: “Goya’s Instructions” by Baron Wormser

Before the stench is viciousSketch the corpsesWhere the bomb has visited,Where limbs and torsos roostObedientlyAnd the vitals lie openTo frank but harmless light. Resist the impulse of simile.Art instructs usTo... Read More
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ADA Awareness Month: “Disability Is Not Just a Metaphor” from The Atlantic

ADA Awareness Month: “Disability Is Not Just a Metaphor” from The Atlantic

“Pop culture’s more interested in disability as a metaphor than in disability as something that happens to real people.” Read the full article at The Atlantic Read More
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For Florenz: “The Salt Of Our History” by Mark Nepo

For Florenz: “The Salt Of Our History” by Mark Nepo

Florenz left a caring mark on each of our books, bringing them into the world. -Mark Nepo   The Salt Of Our History from Surviving Has Made Me Crazy The net... Read More
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For Florenz: "Body of Diminishing Motion" by Joan Seliger Sidney

For Florenz: "Body of Diminishing Motion" by Joan Seliger Sidney

“Body of Diminishing Motion,” which must have caught Florenz’s attention as title poem to the book she chose. I’m forever grateful to her, when, after several months of hearing nothing from CKP,... Read More
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For Florenz: “Childhood Elegy” by Joseph O. Legaspi

For Florenz: “Childhood Elegy” by Joseph O. Legaspi

When I think of my first book, Imago, which would forever be my first, I can’t help but feel immense gratitude.  In part because I felt heartened and validated that someone, a... Read More
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For Florenz from Joan Cusack Handler

For Florenz from Joan Cusack Handler

Dear CKP Friends- Today, October 18, is a sad day for all of us here at CKP –it marks the first anniversary of the death of Florenz Eisman, CKP’s Managing... Read More
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From Randy Smit, for ADA Awareness Month

From Randy Smit, for ADA Awareness Month

Several years ago I received an email from Randy Smit. I had no idea who this Randy Smit was. He asked if I had any time to come by and... Read More
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