Own Voices Books Disability. It’s incredibly important that disabled people have the opportunity to tell their own stories. New releases and popular books, including the hate u give by angie thomas, the poet x by elizabeth acevedo, with the fire on high by el.
Writer and propulsor of the movement corinne duyvis said she originally created the concept, which stands for books where the author and the character(s) share a marginalised identity, in 2015 to be a brief list of recommendations. She wanted to highlight authentic voices. In 2015, young adult author corinne duyvis posted on twitter a suggestion that people use the #ownvoices hashtag to recommend books.
I’m only able to talk about disability as an identity but a lot of other people can talk about other identities authors claim when convenient only to.
It’s incredibly important that disabled people have the opportunity to tell their own stories. Angie thomas' the hate u give, celeste ng's everything i never told you, or duyvis' own novel, on. I’m only able to talk about disability as an identity but a lot of other people can talk about other identities authors claim when convenient only to. And since it’s also important that these titles are accessible to.