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<li>Nicola Griffith has earned a worldwide reputation as a disabled SFF writer, and she has penned the foreword
<li>Annie Carl is one of the only disabled bookstore owners in the US; her voice as an editor is a clarion call to representation
<li>The editor is beloved by booksellers, especially in the Pacific Northwest, as she is an avid participant in the bookselling community and an active member of PNBA
<li>Authors include Nisi Shawl, Nicola Griffith, Jennifer Lee Rossman, Raven Oak, and many new and upcoming voices
<li>Authors live all across the US, including Hawaii, New Mexico, Maine, Florida, Tennessee, and Washington
<li>Disability representation includes authors with diabetes, epilepsy, polio, autism, bipolar, and other conditions
<li>The stories are full of humor and characters who make the most of their situations; it’s a clarion call to resilience and acceptance
<li>The title, SOUL JAR, invokes the idea of how we are all stuck with our bodies, no matter what their conditions or issues
Annie Carl
Editor Annie Carl was born with a rare spinal birth-defect (lipomeningomyelocele) and is a Stage IV Non-Hodgkins survivor. She owns and runs The Neverending Bookshop in Edmonds, Wash. She is the author of My Tropey Life: How Pop Culture Stereotypes Make Disabled Lives Harder and the novella Nebula Vibrations. When not running an award-winning bookstore, Annie reads massive quantities of science fiction, fantasy, and romance; pole dances; knits; and hangs out with her goofy family and friends.
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