Diversity Common Reader Available at the Library

Copies of Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism, by Elsa Sjunneson are available at the Lydia M. Olson Library!

Diversity Common Reader 2023

The Diversity Common Reader Program (DCRP) is delighted to announce that free copies of this year's book selection, Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism, by Elsa Sjunneson are available at the Lydia M. Olson Library.

Physical, audio, and ebook editions of Being Seen are also available, and if you are thinking of using Being Seen—or an excerpt—in one of your classes, please check out the book!

To access the ebook, please visit https://nmu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01NOMICH_INST/1hsgvkj/alma9919339973106216. For short-term loans of the physical book or audio CD, please ask at the library front desk with you NMU ID.

About Elsa Sjunneson and Being Seen:

Elsa Sjunneson is an author, editor, media critic, teacher, and disability activist. Her novel Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism, published just last year, is a wide-ranging and illuminating expose of ableism as it shapes and limits our shared world. By turns wry and searing, the book addresses everything from ableist stereotypes in literature and media to dating while disabled. Elsa draws from both lived experience and extensive study of ableism in our culture, creating a highly engaging book for all readers--including those for whom this topic is brand new.

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