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17.43: Bodies. Why? (Depicting Disability)

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Writing About Differences and Body Language

Bolt is a sci-fi novel set in outer space. It's the first of several books to be published by Simon & Schuster this year. The author says she began writing about disability indirectly through metaphors and body language. She hopes her work will help destigmatize certain kinds of embodied differences.

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