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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>News you won’t want to miss!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Renaissance Press <a href="https://tinyurl.com/nzdpr4w7">Artificial Divide anthology</a> has just been released as an audio book on Audible. Listen to short stories written by talented authors who are blind or visually impaired, including me. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Artificial Divide Anthology by Renaissance Press <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>This #OwnVoices anthology features fiction by Blind and visually impaired authors. Step into a world of rogue screen readers, Braille in fantasy worlds, a friend meeting an acquaintance after several years, and more.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt'> <em><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Artificial Divide</span></em> is an own-voices story collection that captures the many layers of Blindness and, for once, puts visually impaired protagonists in the driver's seat, letting us glimpse their lives.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>When we think about it, we're not really divided. </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Stories by Eunice Cooper-Matchett, Anita Haas, Rebecca Blaevoet, Tessa Soderberg, Laurie Alice Eakes, Melissa Yuan, Innes - Jamieson Wolf, Ben Fulton, Felix Imonti, - Niki White, M. </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Leona Godin, Ann Chiappetta, Lawrence Gunther, Heather Meares, and Jameyanne Fuller.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Artificial Divide book cover, featuring bold white letters on a black background. A rolling cane tip slashes through the title diagonally, from the top left to the bottom right. Each I has a round cane tip replacing the dot<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><img border=0 width=605 height=864 style='width:6.3in;height:9.0in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D7F762.5ADCE280"></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Ann M. Chiappetta, M.S.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Making Meaningful ConnectionsThrough Media <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>914.393.6605 USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Anniecms64@gmail.com">Anniecms64@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All things Annie: <a href="http://www.annchiappetta.com">www.annchiappetta.com</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>