I might be tempted to describe Terese Mailhot’s new memoir, Heart Berries, as “raw,” had she not warned against it. “The danger politically or artistically is that ...

Rachel Adams
Rachel Adams is a professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University. Her most recent books are Raising Henry: A Memoir of Motherhood, Disability, and Discovery (Yale University Press, 2013) and, coedited with Benjamin Reiss and David Serlin, Keywords for Disability Studies (NYU Press, 2015).
Disability Narratives
By Rachel Adams
Ask most people living with a disability to name their least favorite question and “what happened to you?” will be high on the list. “Wanting to educate yourself about disability and learn more is ...
A World Where We Are All Autistic
By Rachel Adams
On a memorable spring evening in 2002, the philosopher Peter Singer welcomed disability rights advocate Harriet McBryde Johnson to speak at Princeton University. The event was controversial, given ...