[nabs-l] Research: Representation of blindness in literature

Thu Apr 25 13:48:08 UTC 2013

No, we're just not that cool.  Big ups to Baltimore.    

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From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of christopher
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Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 9:34 AM
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Research: Representation of blindness in literature

Yeah... do you have a book with blind characters that is set in your area?
Grin!

Chris Nusbaum

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On Apr 26, 2013, at 8:23 AM, justin williams <justin.williams2 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Givingyourself a plug.  Nothing wrong witht that man.  Grin.
>
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> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> christopher nusbaum
> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 7:00 AM
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> literature
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> I would also recommend Blindsided by Prescilla Commings. Although this 
> book is also modern and American, I very much enjoyed reading it and 
> thought the author did a good job of portraying blind people in a way 
> that didn't evoke the reader's pity. Granted, it talks about the 
> struggles that Natalie (the main character) goes through while 
> adjusting to her blindness, especially her anxiety and outright 
> refusal to use her cane (at first.) I may have a little bias toward 
> this book, since it is set at the Maryland School for the Blind just 
> down the road from me in Baltimore. :) But even if it were not set 
> here, I would still recommend it to all of you. BTW, the NFB and our 
> national center are mentioned a few times in this book! If you would like
to read it, Blindsided is available from Bookshare. Happy reading!!
>
> Chris Nusbaum
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Apr 26, 2013, at 12:05 AM, Julie McGinnity <kaybaycar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There is a book called Girl, Stolen by April Henry that is about a 
>> blind girl who is kidnapped.  Jane Eyre is a good one in my opinion.
>> But if you're looking for something a bit more about blind characters 
>> adjusting to blindness you can always find Follow my Leader.  Blind 
>> Sighted is another more recent one.  If you want something a little 
>> more fantastical, there is a blind character in Libba Bray's new book 
>> the Diviners.  There is also Beastly, which was made into a movie a 
>> couple years ago.  But those are more modern and American(except for 
>> Jane Eyre).  Even so, they might be interesting reads for you.
>>
>> On 4/25/13, Joe <jsoro620 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Focus on the Family featured a blind character in their Adventures 
>>> in Odyssey series. Not literature, strictly speaking, though the 
>>> radio show did produce some films and book editions, I believe. 
>>> Also, I forget the exact name of the book, but was it something like 
>>> The Seeing Summer? It's about the girl who is kidnapped and held for 
>>> ransom.--Joe
>>>
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>>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Carrie 
>>> Gilmer
>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 3:54 PM
>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Research: Representation of blindness in 
>>> literature
>>>
>>> Hello-
>>> Two of my best friends from college were international students from 
>>> Sweden, over 25 years ago. we are still very close.  Asked them what 
>>> they knew. they both said they can recall absolutely no blind 
>>> character in lit anywhere from childhood or young adulthood, and 
>>> both also had never seen a blind person until sometime after coming to
U.S.
> ...may be a difficult  or sparse topic.
>>> best of luck
>>> Carrie
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>> On Apr 23, 2013, at 9:55 PM, Kaiti Shelton 
>>> <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I don't know of anything specifically Swedish, but I've seen 
>>>> several depictions of blindness depicted in English literature.  
>>>> There is one book called, "Hannah," where a blind girl wants to go to
school.
>>>> She seems super dependent in there to me, but the book is also set 
>>>> in the 19th century so back then that might have been more common.
>>>> In the end she participates in some sort of harvesting contest to 
>>>> try to raise money to buy a brailler, and when she can't fathom how 
>>>> she's won she finds that the town kept putting their picked 
>>>> fruits/vegitables in her basket instead of their own.  There is 
>>>> also a book I've come across called, "From Charlie's Point of View, 
>>>> although I haven't really read it.
>>>>
>>>> On 4/23/13, Leye-Shprintse <leyeshprintse at ymail.com> wrote:
>>>>> BS"D
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear NABS,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm a blind student and it's time for me to start writing my thesis.
>>>>> I've chosen to write about the representation of blindness in 
>>>>> Swedish children's and youth literature. I wonder if you've some 
>>>>> ideas where I can rasearch information to my thesis, do you know 
>>>>> if someone else have written about this subject? I think it's a 
>>>>> very important subject but since Swedish isn't a big language I 
>>>>> can't find so much information here. I'm happy for all ideas you 
>>>>> can give me! It feels so big to write a thesis so I'm a bit
overwhelmed!
>>>>> Forgive my bad English!
>>>>>
>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>> Leye-Shprintse
>>>>>
>>>>> Envoyé de mon iPad
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>> --
>> Julie McG
>> National Association of Guide dog Users board member,  National 
>> Federation of the Blind performing arts division secretary, Missouri 
>> Association of Guide dog Users President, and Guiding Eyes for the 
>> Blind graduate 2008 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only 
>> Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have 
>> eternal life."
>> John 3:16
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