Disability in LIS journal

I’m very grateful I got to meet JJ and have a lovely conversation with him. ❤️‍🩹 May his memory be a blessing.

I was incredibly honored to speak with JJ about my disabled librarian book and unspeakably saddened to learn of his passing last month. Please join me in honoring his work by listening to some of his amazing interviews in his Disability in Libraries and Information Studies journal.

Interview with James & Lucy Catchpole on their children's books You're SO Amazing!, What Happened to You?, Mama's Car, + their co-edited anthology Owning It: Our Disabled Childhoods in Our Own Words. Audio transcript by @aat-transcribes.bsky.social cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/dislis/vol3/...

Interview with @carolscheina.bsky.social on her short stories 'Bottled Words' and 'All of These Inscriptions Are for Me' The transcript for the audio recording was provided by @aat-transcribes.bsky.social cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/dislis/vol3/...

Interview with @cornellwriter.bsky.social r.bsky.social on 'Through the Machine' The transcript for the audio recording was provided by @aat-transcribes.bsky.social cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/dislis/vol3/...

Interview with @schwartzwords.bsky.social on My Kind of Trouble The transcript for the audio recording was provided by @aat-transcribes.bsky.social ky.social cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/dislis/vol3/...

Interview with @jrdawson.bsky.social on "Six People to Revise You" The transcript for the audio recording was provided by @aat-transcribes.bsky.social cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/dislis/vol3/...

Getting to have this conversation with JJ was a treasure. Seldom do I get to talk about disability like this. JJ was so thoughtful and generous that we talked for another hour after the recorder was off. This morning I learned that JJ passed away shortly after we talked. I'm grateful we met.

Interview with @effies.bsky.social on her award-winning short story “Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything” is now available. The transcript for the audio recording was provided by @aat-transcribes.bsky.social cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/dislis/vol3/...

DisLIS interview with @mariness.bsky.social on “Care for Lighting” The transcript for the audio recording was provided by @aat-transcribes.bsky.social cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/dislis/vol3/...

If you haven't read @jjpionke.bsky.social's obituary yet, do it now. He names names about the institutions who let him down as he tried to navigate the tenure process while disabled. jj-pionke-memorial.org Please join me in donating to the JJ Pionke Memorial Scholarship for disabled LIS students. 📚

Interview with @jordankurella.com on The Death of Mountains. The transcript for the audio recording was provided by @aat-transcribes.bsky.social cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/dislis/vol3/...

Interview with @wiswell.bsky.social on Someone You Can Build a Nest In. The transcript for the audio recording was provided by @aat-transcribes.bsky.social cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/dislis/vol3/...

JJ was a champion for both libraries and disabled folks (as well as the intersection of the two). I was lucky enough to work with him on accessibility of an organization we were members of and to later co-author a paper with him about that project. His loss is felt immensely. Thank you, JJ. 💙

In Memory of JJ Pionke: Librarian, LIS Educator, Disability Advocate, and Cat Lover The links to donate to the JJ Pionke Memorial Scholarship Fund or the Savil & Aiden Care Fund are coming soon. jj-pionke-memorial.org/in-loving-me...

"JJ Pionke, librarian, library and information studies educator, and advocate for people with disabilities, has died." One of the best of us has left this world, moving on, I hope, to a kind of peace. JJ, you will be missed. Fiercely. jj-pionke-memorial.org/in-loving-me...

I did this very in-depth interview about living with a disability and making a graphic novel out of my experience, among other things!

Lots of new interviews coming! Starting with @jjpionke.bsky.social interviewing @boum.bsky.social about the book The Jellyfish, being a graphic novelist with a vision disability, the process of having their work translated into English and how translation impacts meaning. #CripLib #GraphicMedicine

We've been really privileged to transcribe Jess Schomberg @schomj.bsky.social's brilliant co-produced series of DisLis (Disability in Library & Information Studies) interviews. Here's a recent episode with the fantastic Dr Sami Schalk @drsamischalk.bsky.social on Black Disability Politics:

JJ Pionke interviews @drsamischalk.bsky.social about her book Black Disability Politics, her creative process, her teaching, and her current research on pleasure activism. [audio interview and written transcript]

JJ Pionke interviews @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social about their book The Hidden History of Napa Valley, Luddism and information literacy in a high school setting, their work doing book reviews and sensitivity reading, and why we keep fighting for progress.

JJ Pionke interviews Dr. Mimi Khúc about her books dear elia and Open in Emergency, how she incorporated care into her teaching during the chaotic early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the process and purpose of creating a tarot deck rooted in Asian American culture.

Our unpredictable posting schedule remains unpredictable, but in the upcoming weeks you can look forward to new interviews featuring Mimi Khúc, Alex Brown, James & Lucy Catchpole, and Sami Schalk!

JJ interviews @nnedi.bsky.social on her books Death of the Author, Space Cat, and LaGuardia. They talk about the challenges of explaining disability, the lack of age diversity in books, the magic of the creative process, and cats. [Audio recording and transcript available]

Latest interview is now up! DisLIS editors interview Alice Wong about her disability advocacy and creative process.

Interview with Kate Bornstein and Caitlin Sullivan on Nearly Roadkill: Queer Love on the Run

JJ Pionke interviews Marieke Nijkamp about their books, focusing on the Splinter & Ash series. The interview also includes discussion about how creating art is an act of hope and why disability and gender diversity representation is so important.

Call for submissions - We are now open to academic articles, notes from the field (briefer and less formal than full articles), and creative works! cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/dislis/vol2/...

Oral history with @christinemmoe.bsky.social who talks about working as an academic librarian, transitioning to a doctoral program, and their research on neurodivergent library workers.

"it does a real disservice to our nuance as complete human beings to suggest that all of our thoughts + feelings about ourselves, our community, our world can be summarized, condensed into language that everyone will understand immediately....our lives are complex, our writing can also be complex. "

We interview J. Logan Smilges about their book Crip Negativity, discussing why disabled people deserve to have our lives theorized – how theory can work against simplistic stereotypes to better reflect the nuanced + complicated reality of our lives & the importance of building capacious communities.

JJ Pionke interviews Dr. Rachel Thomas about her book Shrink, cultural and medical ideas about fatness, and her next planned graphic narratives.

Two new interviews coming out back-to-back this week! Rachel Thomas talks about her graphic memoir Shrink: Story of a Fat Girl J. Logan Smilges talks about their book Crip Negativity

JJ Pionke and Jess Schomberg interview @travisclau.bsky.social about his new chapbook What’s Left is Tender, poetic form, bringing a disability ethic to slow scholarship, and taiko drumming for pain management. #CripLib

new review: Committed is a nuanced history of the Canton Indian Insane Asylum.

new review: Armed with research, personal experience, and stunning art, Rachel M. Thomas shows readers the experience of being a fat woman and how society regularly views, fears, and tries to control fat bodies.

"a critical part of our Mad creation practice was centering need, bodymind need, and creating a culture where we could ask and name the things that we would've otherwise suppressed+ white knuckled through... a space where that didn't have to happen, that violence didn't have to happen anymore."

JJ Pionke interviews Dr. Melanie Jones and Dr. Shayda Kafai about their new book Mad Scholars: Reclaiming and Reimagining the Neurodiverse Academy, rethinking the publishing process, who influenced their work, and building sustainable Mad communities.

JJ Pionke interviews Paul Castle about his book Adoroscopes and his creative process as a visual artist who has a degenerative eye condition called retinitis pigmentosa.

We are now open for even more submissions! In addition to book reviews, we will now also be publishing academic articles and Notes from the Field (less formal, more blog) about library/archives work and disability cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/dislis/vol2/...

author interview series (so far!) 1) Margaret Price on Crip Spacetime 2) Maria Sweeney on Brittle Joints 3) Nicola Griffith on Spear 4) Colleen S. Harris on Toothache in the Bone 5) Shayda Kafai on Crip Kinship 6) Ashley Shew on Against Technoableism cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/dislis/

Our most recent interview: JJ talks with @ashleyshoo.bsky.social about Against Technoableism, creativity and generative AI, technology tools that disabled people actually want versus what they're told to want, and why everyone needs a shower chair. [audio and transcript available for download]

In this episode of the DisLIS Interview with an Author series, @jjpionke.bsky.social interviews @nicolaz.bsky.social about her book Spear, writing with disability, and the $41,000 bathtub. [audio and transcript available for download]

Our first interview in the DisLIS Interview with an Author series features @margaretprice.bsky.social talking with us about her book Crip Spacetime, what the phrase crip spacetime means, and how it affects academics with disability [audio and text available for download]