tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42361590943437467572024-02-08T07:07:40.006-08:00My Baby Rides the Short Bus: The Unabashedly Human Experience of Raising Kids with DisabilitiesAn anthology written by counter-cultural parents of children with "special needs."
Published by PM Press--now available!Short Bus Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309180880062293141noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236159094343746757.post-68984261762155993232011-11-20T17:32:00.000-08:002011-11-20T17:35:32.149-08:00If you're in/near NYC<a href="http://http://www.facebook.com/#%21/events/261175393930899/">This Tuesday 11/22/11 Reading in NYC with contributors Jen Silverman and Ayun Halliday.</a><br />This is not a <span style="font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms;">Short Bus </span>event, but we'll both be at this reading for the Museum of Motherhood!Short Bus Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309180880062293141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236159094343746757.post-45590149703147091882011-03-07T06:43:00.000-08:002011-03-07T06:44:46.005-08:00Queens, NY - Free April Event!<table class="yiv276596898uiInfoTable yiv276596898mvm yiv276596898profileInfoTable yiv276596898mvm yiv276596898mvm"><tbody><tr style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><td class="yiv276596898data">-at the New York Hall of Science-<br /><br />Adults are invited to attend a <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1299508654_0">panel discussion</span> and Q&A on raising children who are on the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1299508654_1">autism spectrum</span>. A book signing for My Baby Rides the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1299508654_2">Short Bus</span> will follow the event. The panel of experts includes authors, educators, and parents of children with autism.<br /><br />Sunday, April 10th, 2 p.m. Free. Registration required, please follow this link:<br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nysci.org/visit/events/event/autismpanel"><span>http://www.nysci.org/visit</span><span class="yiv276596898word_break"></span>/events/event/autismpanel</a><br /><br />Panelists include:<br /><br /> * Jennifer Silverman, co-editor of My Baby Rides the Short Bus: The Unabashedly <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1299508654_3">Human Experience</span> of Raising Kids with Disabilities.<br /> * <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1299508654_4">Sharis</span> Ingram, contributor to My Baby Rides the Short Bus: The Unabashedly Human Experience of Raising Kids with Disabilities.<br /> * Carol Greenburg, a mother with <span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1299508654_5">Asperger's syndrome</span> who runs a special education consulting group.<br /> * Liane Kupferberg Carter, writer for the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1299508654_6">Huffington Post</span> and the New York Times parenting blog <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1299508654_7">Motherlode</span>, and a mother of an adult son on the autism spectrum.<br /><br /></td></tr><tr style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="yiv276596898spacer"><td colspan="2"><br /></td></tr></tbody><tbody><tr><th class="yiv276596898label"><br /></th></tr></tbody></table>Short Bus Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309180880062293141noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236159094343746757.post-59654674349746292112011-02-11T17:57:00.000-08:002011-02-11T18:01:14.397-08:00Short Bus is nominated for an award-please vote!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OZMcRg02tGs/TVXpuJX4WHI/AAAAAAAAACA/TJ5rIj-YiOM/s1600/GetInline.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OZMcRg02tGs/TVXpuJX4WHI/AAAAAAAAACA/TJ5rIj-YiOM/s320/GetInline.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572617092940191858" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">http://specialchildren.about.com/b/2011/02/11/vote-for-favorite-special-needs-memoir.htm</span>Short Bus Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309180880062293141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236159094343746757.post-64527757876471053642010-11-29T12:07:00.000-08:002010-11-29T12:12:54.422-08:00washington dc saturday<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; ">A Book Event and Community Gathering for Parents, Caregivers, and Friends of Kids with Disabilities<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; line-height: normal; "><table class="uiInfoTable mvm profileInfoTable mvm mvm" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; width: 493px; "><tbody><tr><td class="data" style="font-size: 11px; text-align: left; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: top; line-height: 15px; "><div>Saturday, December 4 ยท 5:00pm - 7:00pm, Center for Community Change, 1536 U St NW, Washington DC</div></td></tr></tbody><tbody><tr><th class="label" style="padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: bold; width: 90px; line-height: 15px; "><br /></th><td class="data" style="font-size: 11px; text-align: left; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: top; line-height: 15px; "><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span>My Baby Rides the Short Bus: The Unabashedly Human Experience of Raising Kids with Disabilities is an anthology of articles written by parents about the unique joys and challenges of their families.<br /><br />Light dinner provided -- bring a dish to share if possible. Event space is wheelchair accessible.<br /><br />The book's co-editor and contributor Jennifer Silverman will be joined by local parents, writers, and activists Tricia Theis Rogalski (<a href="http://unringingthebell.typepad.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "><span>http://unringingthebell.ty</span><wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: block; float: left; margin-left: -10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></span>pepad.com/</a>), Jane Andrews, Krista Hanson and Burke Stansbury in reading and speaking about their experience of raising kids with disabilities.<br /><br />For more information, contact Krista: kristaleehanson@gmail.com<br /><br />Co-sponsored by Empower DC and the DC Childcare Collective</span>Short Bus Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309180880062293141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236159094343746757.post-34409420208575695742010-11-11T08:53:00.000-08:002010-11-11T08:57:37.077-08:00Denver! Boulder!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><b>Readings this weekend:</b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Saturday 11/13 in Denver at 7 p.m.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">27 Social Centre, 2727 W 27th Ave</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and Sunday 11/14 in Boulder at 2 p.m.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Left Hand Books, 1200 Pearl Street #10</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">both with Amy Saxon Bosworth and Jennifer Silverman</span></span></div></span></span></div>Short Bus Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309180880062293141noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236159094343746757.post-81763075423694284882010-10-29T11:59:00.000-07:002010-11-02T12:31:40.737-07:00Western Mass. Reading<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Next Saturday, 11/6, Reading at Food For Thought Books in Amherst, MA. 2 p.m. with Short Bus' Maria June, Jennifer Silverman and Kyra Anderson (Gravity Pulls You In).</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com/my-baby-rides-the-short-bus">Food For Thought Books</a></span>Short Bus Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309180880062293141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236159094343746757.post-71303972320313012292010-10-05T09:25:00.000-07:002010-10-05T09:27:21.975-07:00upcoming events!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Look for us doing readings in Amherst, MA 11/6, Denver 11/13 & Boulder 11/14. Details forthcoming!</span>Short Bus Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309180880062293141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236159094343746757.post-28440490207517854962010-09-30T11:40:00.000-07:002010-09-30T11:41:56.933-07:00New review up at Queens Mamas blog<a href="http://www.queensmamas.com/queens_mamas/2010/09/license-to-mom-my-baby-rides-the-short-bus.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Read it here!</span></a>Short Bus Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309180880062293141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236159094343746757.post-38049752191292963582010-08-09T07:21:00.000-07:002010-08-09T07:21:14.616-07:00My Baby Rides the Short BusThanks to Support for Special Needs for the five days of features on My Baby Rides the Short Bus!<br /><a href="http://supportforspecialneeds.com/2010/08/09/my-baby-rides-the-short-bus/">My Baby Rides the Short Bus</a>Short Bus Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309180880062293141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236159094343746757.post-55492429388334631132010-07-29T09:07:00.000-07:002010-07-29T09:10:14.646-07:00Op-ed piece by a Short Bus editor<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Written by Jennifer Silverman for <em>Newsday</em>:</span><br /><a href="http://www.newsday.com/opinion/oped/opinion-ny-s-likely-new-autism-insurance-law-lacks-clarity-1.2135131"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://www.newsday.com/opinion/oped/opinion-ny-s-likely-new-autism-insurance-law-lacks-clarity-1.2135131</span></a>Short Bus Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309180880062293141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236159094343746757.post-73223841970886979792010-07-27T09:32:00.000-07:002010-07-27T09:36:21.129-07:00NYC Reading 8/7!<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Portland was fantastic, thanks to all of you who came and especially to Chloe Eudaly for organizing the event. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Next up: <strong>NYC, at Bluestockings Bookstore in Manhattan (172 Allen St between Stanton and Rivington), Saturday August 7th at 7 p.m. with:</strong></span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Sharis Ingram</span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Jennifer Silverman</span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Shannon Des Roches Rosa</span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Jennifer Byde Myers</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">A few copies of our first printing can still be found online, and our second printing (yay!) will be avaialble by September.</span></p>Short Bus Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309180880062293141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236159094343746757.post-86351461877149810482010-07-14T09:17:00.001-07:002010-07-14T09:25:20.389-07:00portland 7/24 and NYC 8/7/10!<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>My Baby Rides the Short Bus</em> contributors will be reading in two fabulous venues this summer! </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">First, come hear us in the Pacific Northwest with contributor/hostess Chloe Eudaly of Portland's Reading Frenzy zine emporium (</span><a href="http://www.readingfrenzy.com)along/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">www.readingfrenzy.com)</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> along with Kerry Cohen, Mitzi Waltz, Nina Packebush and co-editors Yantra Bertelli, Jennifer Silverman and Sarah Talbot Saturday July 24th, 7 p.m. at p:ear (338 NW 6th Ave.).</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">If you're in the NYC area, we'll be at Bluestockings bookstore (<a href="http://www.bluestockings.com/">www.bluestockings.com</a>) on Saturday, August 7th at 7 p.m. (172 Allen Street) with visiting west coast contributors Shannon Des Roches Rosa and Jennifer Byde Myers plus Sharis Ingram & (co-editor) Jennifer Silverman to commemorate our second printing.</span>Short Bus Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309180880062293141noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236159094343746757.post-60699707843044760742010-06-14T06:53:00.001-07:002010-06-14T06:56:32.613-07:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Ally Jeremy Adam Smith has an interesting essay up at Mothering Magazine about making sure to include kids with disabilities and their parents and universal design--and a shout out for My Baby Rides the Short Bus. Read it here: </span><a href="http://mothering.com/jeremysmith/uncategorized/seventeenth-way-for-dads-to-change-the-world-include-kids-with-disabilities"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://mothering.com/jeremysmith/uncategorized/seventeenth-way-for-dads-to-change-the-world-include-kids-with-disabilities</span></a>Short Bus Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309180880062293141noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236159094343746757.post-43768640747031721372010-06-09T08:56:00.000-07:002010-06-11T13:55:11.507-07:00summer news/events<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Exciting things are underfoot here at My Baby Rides the Short Bus. We're headed towards a second printing later this summer. Many thanks to Maya Gottfried, who was instrumental in getting us to this point and has a new, beautiful children's book <em>Our Farm</em> --- please check out her website </span><a href="http://www.ourfarmbook.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://www.ourfarmbook.com</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> and get yourself a copy. Its proceeds benefit Farm Sanctuary (<a href="http://www.farmsanctuary.org/">http://www.farmsanctuary.org/</a>).</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Our Short Bus, Long Road tour will be in <strong>Portland OR July 24<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span></strong> and <strong>NYC August 7<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span></strong>, details to be posted soon.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Our most recent radio interview with contributor <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sharis</span> Ingram and co-editor Jennifer <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Silverman</span> is archived on the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">WNYC</span> page for the Brian <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lehrer</span> Show (<a href="http://www.wnyc.org/">http://www.wnyc.org/</a>).</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Feel free to email us with any questions at </span><a href="mailto:shortbusbook@yahoo.com"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">shortbusbook@yahoo.com</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">! Hope to hear from you.</span>Short Bus Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309180880062293141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236159094343746757.post-59950059111463872342010-05-13T08:50:00.000-07:002010-05-13T08:54:09.626-07:00Olympia, WA-May 22nd!<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Short Bus, Long Road Tour will be here on May 22nd: </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">5:30 p.m.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Olympia Timberland Library</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">313 8th Ave. SE</span><br /><a href="http://www.trlib.org/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">www.trlib.org</span></a>Short Bus Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309180880062293141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236159094343746757.post-5389877162188245752010-04-29T08:49:00.000-07:002010-04-29T08:51:47.483-07:00Asheville, NC-May 8th!<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">with co-editor Jennifer Silverman and guest Cheri Brackett (Gravity Pulls You In). Saturday, May 8th at 7 p.m., Firestorm Cafe and Books, 48 Commerce Street <a href="http://firestormcafe.com/">http://firestormcafe.com/</a></span>Short Bus Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309180880062293141noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236159094343746757.post-64215155994652772142010-04-14T08:29:00.000-07:002010-04-14T08:32:33.946-07:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>Boston Reading for My Baby Rides the Short Bus!</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">with contributors <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sharis</span> Ingram, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ziva</span> Mann, Stephanie Sleeper </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">and co-editor Jennifer <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Silverman</span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Sunday, April 25<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> at 2 p.m.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Lucy Parsons Center, 549 Columbus Ave, Boston</span></div>Short Bus Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309180880062293141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236159094343746757.post-72141138329643436222010-03-28T15:54:00.000-07:002010-04-01T13:14:59.695-07:00Short Bus, Long Road<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It's been a long time since our last update, but we've been busy reading and presenting at places in Seattle, San Francisco/Berkeley, the Left Forum in NYC, and upcoming dates in Boston (April 25th, Lucy Parsons Center, 2pm), Asheville, NC (May 8, Firestorm, evening) and Olympia, WA (May 22, </span><span class="UIStoryAttachment_Value"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Olympia Timberland Library, 5:30 pm). If you have a suggestion for a place for us to visit next, please email us at shortbusbook@yahoo.com.</span><br /></span>Short Bus Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309180880062293141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236159094343746757.post-42168924608127480212010-01-07T08:18:00.001-08:002010-01-08T10:07:30.448-08:00with most sincere apologies to author kathy briccetti<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">who we accidentally published in the book as kathy bricetti! kathy is a wonderful writer who will be welcoming her own book in the spring: Blood Strangers: A Memoir. </span><a href="http://www.kathybriccetti.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://www.kathybriccetti.com/</span></a>Short Bus Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309180880062293141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236159094343746757.post-46408639161062121372009-11-27T08:42:00.000-08:002009-11-27T08:43:28.329-08:00audio file of nyc readinghttp://www.radio4all.net/files/dan_vea@yahoo.com/1999-1-shortbus_bluestockings_14november09.mp3Short Bus Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309180880062293141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236159094343746757.post-80840673900934173732009-10-27T06:49:00.000-07:002009-10-27T07:01:48.123-07:00Book Tour starting!<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Come by to one of these events and celebrate the release of My Baby Rides the Short Bus.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Friday, October 30th, 7 p.m. At Legacy Books in Plano, TX with Jennifer Silverman and Robert Rummel-Hudson. 7300 Dallas Parkway.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Sunday, November 8th, 7 p.m. at Espresso 77 cafe in Jackson Heights, Queens with Jennifer Silverman and cover artist Liz Baillie. 35-57 77th St.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Saturday, November 14th, 7 p.m. at Bluestockings Bookstore in the Lower East Side, Manhattan with Ayun Halliday, Sabrina Chapadjiev, Sharis Ingram and Jennifer Silverman. 172 Allen St.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Saturday, November 21st, 3 p.m. at Wooden Shoe, Philadelphia, with Jennifer Silverman. 704 South Street.</span>Short Bus Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309180880062293141noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236159094343746757.post-76512738888466630232009-10-21T07:55:00.000-07:002009-10-21T07:58:02.173-07:00Available for Purchase!<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">We are thrilled to announce that </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms;">My Baby Rides the Short Bus </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">was released on October 13th! Copies are available via the PM Press website (www.pmpress.org). If your local bookstore doesn't have a copy, please ask them to order it so we can reach as many people as possible.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Thanks!</span>Short Bus Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309180880062293141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236159094343746757.post-23077253291029551622009-09-24T12:23:00.000-07:002009-09-24T12:25:23.357-07:00Plano Texas Reading! Oct. 30th<div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Reading w/<strong>Robert Rummel-Hudson</strong> and <strong>Jennifer Silverman</strong> </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">at Legacy Books. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Friday, October 30, 2009, from 7:00pm - 8:00pm </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Legacy Books </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">7300 Dallas Parkway Plano, TX </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">972-3989888 </span></div><div align="center"><a href="mailto:thereader@legacybooksonline.com"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">thereader@legacybooksonline.com</span></a> </div>Short Bus Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309180880062293141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236159094343746757.post-26856442365110974732009-08-16T15:54:00.000-07:002009-08-16T15:56:19.697-07:00with 2 short bus authors!<div class="event_profile_title"><h3>mama salon @ bluestockings</h3>Readings of original work by four mama/mami writers: Kerry Cohen (Loose Girl), Vikki Law (Resistance Behind Bars), Maegan Ortiz (VivirLatino) and Jennifer Silverman (My Baby Rides the Short Bus).</div><table id="Event Info" class="profileTable info_table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr><td class="label"><br /></td> <td class="data"><br /></td></tr> <tr><td class="label"><br /></td> <td class="data"><br /></td></tr> <tr><td class="label"><br /></td> <td class="data"><br /></td></tr> <tr><td class="label"><br /></td> <td class="data"><br /></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table id="Time and Place" class="profileTable info_table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="label">Date:</td> <td class="data"><div class="datawrap">Friday, September 18, 2009</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="label">Time:</td> <td class="data"><div class="datawrap">7:00pm - 8:30pm</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="label">Location:</td> <td class="data"><div class="datawrap">Bluestockings Bookstore</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="label">Street:</td> <td class="data"><div class="datawrap">172 Allen Street</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="label">City/Town:<br /></td> <td class="data"><div class="datawrap">New York, NY</div></td></tr></tbody></table>Short Bus Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309180880062293141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236159094343746757.post-20004245732121030072009-07-23T13:57:00.000-07:002009-07-23T14:00:24.223-07:00more advance praise!<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"This is the most important book I've read in years. Whether you are subject or ally, My Baby Rides the Short Bus will open you--with its truth, humanity, and poetry. Lucky you to have found it. Now stick it in your heart."</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">--Ariel Gore </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"Smart, diverse, inspiring. My Baby Rides the Short Bus reminds us of what we all have in common and how much more work there still is to be done."</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">--Vicki Forman, author of <em>This Lovely Life: A Memoir of Premature Motherhood</em></span><br /><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></em><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"The contributors of this important and necessary anthology span a range of decades from a time when "defective babies" were institutionalized, to the nascent civil rights movement, straight on to a new era of independent living. The families sharing these stories live and often struggle with the consequences of illness, injury, genetic inheritance, or sometimes a perplexing and mysterious combination of factors, insisting that the world recognize a basic fact: "We are not science experiments."</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Disability is a uniquely humbling and equal experience, sometimes expected, often striking without warning. These parents are honest about both the distressing and illuminating facts of their lives; the stories are caustic, exhilarating, fierce, funny, harrowing. Yet despite the intricate and often overwhelming challenges they face, these parents and children never succumb to maudlin stereotypes, because, as one contributor learns, "it isn't saintly to take care of someone you love."</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">--Bee Lavender, author of <em>Lessons in Taxidermy: A Compendium of Safety and Danger</em></span>Short Bus Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309180880062293141noreply@blogger.com0