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Crip Stories

An Anthology of Disabled Writers
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The word 'crip' was once used to discriminate. Today, it is reclaimed and celebrated. Crip Stories is a gathering of vibrant and diverse experiences from disabled people. A collection of narrative non-fiction, essays, and poetry, it affirms the ethos of 'nothing about us without us' by... Read More
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Crip Stories is a gathering of vibrant and diverse experiences from disabled people; A collection of narrative non-fiction, essays and poetry.

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The word 'crip' was once used to discriminate. Today, it is reclaimed and celebrated.

Crip Stories is a gathering of vibrant and diverse experiences from disabled people. A collection of narrative non-fiction, essays, and poetry, it affirms the ethos of 'nothing about us without us' by amplifying first-person narrative voices of lived experience.

With contributors including Carly Findlay, TextaQueen, CB Mako, Carly-Jay Metcalfe, Skye Cusack, Jenny Hedley, Akii Ngo, Sharleigh Crittenden, Angela Costi, Hen Sid Chandran, Ari Spanos, Sandra Collins, J Marahuyo, Mario Licn Cabrera, Franklyn Hudson, Ann Nguyen, Rosie Putland, Priya Gore Johnson, Mona Zahra Attamimi, Joey Harper, Judith Huang, Pat Bui, Kerri Shying, Arty Owens, Irina Frolova, Hannah Hall, Julie Dickson, Marina Sano, Ariel Riveros, Ethan Patrick, Paris Rosemont, Sam Hamad.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781761170478

Publisher: NewSouth Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 April 2026

Country: Australia

Imprint: NewSouth Publishing

Contributors:

  • Edited by Misbah Wolf
  • Edited by Katie Hansord
  • Edited by Laura Pettenuzzo
  • Edited by Beau Windon
  • Edited by BS Windon

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 224

About the Author

BS Windon is a neurodivergent writer of Wiradjuri descent based in Naarm. He writes quirky stories about quirky people and all of the dark goo living inside him. He is more confident on a stage in front of an audience than in social gatherings.

Laura Pettenuzzo (she/her) is a disabled writer, speaker and accessible communications professional. Her work explores disability pride, systemic and internalised ableism, as well as the power of self-acceptance. Her reviews, memoir and opinion pieces have been published in places such as Griffith Review, Archer Magazine, Meanjin and The Age.

Misbah Wolf (she/they) is a CALD neurodivergent multidimensional artist living in Naarm. She writes books, poetry, performs, teaches, researches, and creates. Her creative work which explores love, be/longing, ghosts, wildness anything gothic has appeared in many places.

Katie Hansord (she/they) is a neurodivergent and queer writer and researcher in Naarm. Her interests include poetry, gender, disability, and print cultures, and her writing has been published in Mascara, Unusual Work, LOR Journal, and the Long Paddock, Southerly Journal.

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