Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780593315392)

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - ONE OF USA TODAY'S MUST-READ BOOKS - This groundbreaking memoir offers a glimpse into an activist's journey to finding and cultivating community and the continued fight for disability justice, from the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project

"Alice Wong provides deep truths in this fun and deceptively easy read about her survival in this hectic and ableist society." --Selma Blair, bestselling author of Mean Baby

In Chinese culture, the tiger is deeply revered for its confidence, passion, ambition, and ferocity. That same fighting spirit resides in Alice Wong.

Drawing on a collection of original essays, previously published work, conversations, graphics, photos, commissioned art by disabled and Asian American artists, and more, Alice uses her unique talent to share an impressionistic scrapbook of her life as an Asian American disabled activist, community organizer, media maker, and dreamer. From her love of food and pop culture to her unwavering commitment to dismantling systemic ableism, Alice shares her thoughts on creativity, access, power, care, the pandemic, mortality, and the future. As a self-described disabled oracle, Alice traces her origins, tells her story, and creates a space for disabled people to be in conversation with one another and the world. Filled with incisive wit, joy, and rage, Wong's Year of the Tiger will galvanize readers with big cat energy.

Author: Alice Wong
ISBN-10: 0593315391
ISBN-13: 9780593315392
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 09/06/2022
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2022
Publishers Weekly 06/27/2022
Library Journal 07/01/2022 pg. 73
BookPage 09/01/2022