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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Behind Our Eyes Writers with Disabilities is inviting you to the book launch of our third anthology, Behind Our Eyes 3: A Literary Sunburst on Thursday, December 5 at 8:00 Eastern time. The Zoom link and call in information follows the book information and editors’ bios.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>From the back cover:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In Behind Our Eyes 3: A Literary Sunburst, the third anthology of its kind, six sections comprised of memoirs, fiction, and poetry share slices of life from the perspectives of those living with disabilities. While unique challenges are incorporated into some of the works, this compilation speaks to universal themes and common experiences, involving loss and grief, adversity and fear, love and passion. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tantalizing recipes accompany several works; such as those for edible salad bowls, lemon herb bread, cinnamon rolls, and frozen yogurt pops for dogs. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This engaging collection promises three enriching opportunities: readers are challenged to question outdated notions of disability; invited to appreciate perspectives that differentiate us from one another; and encouraged to embrace the threads that make up the fabric of our collective human experience. Readers, disabled and not, will be inspired to hold up a mirror to their own experiences, and recognize that, reassuringly, we are all in this together.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kelly Sargent, Creative Nonfiction Editor, The Bookends Review and author of Seeing Voices: Poetry in Motion<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Editor bios:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kathryn G. (Kate) Chamberlin, B.S., M.A., and her husband have lived and raised three children plus two grandchildren atop the drumlin in Walworth, NY, since 1972.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>With the assistance of computer screen reader software, this former Elementary teacher, developed a Study Buddy Tutoring Service, presented her Feely Cans and Sniffy Jars Workshop, became the published author of three children’s books, edited a literary anthology featuring 65 writers with disabilities, and is a free-lance writer.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As empty nesters, Kate and her husband enjoy having lunch out, country walks, and mall cruising or walking on their side-by-side treadmills during inclement weather.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Visit her website at:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.katechamberlin.com">www.katechamberlin.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Marilyn Brandt Smith worked as a teacher, psychologist, and rehabilitation professional. She has edited magazines and newsletters since 1976, and was the first blind Peace Corps volunteer. She lives with her family on a southern Kentucky farm. Her first book, Chasing the Green Sun, published in 2012, is available from Amazon and other bookstores and in audio form. She loves writing flash fiction stories, and was the primary editor for the first Behind Our Eyes anthology, as well as “Magnets and Ladders” from 2011 through 2013. She enjoys college basketball, barbershop harmony, and adventure books. Visit her website: <a href="http://www.marilynspages.com">http://www.marilynspages.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mary-Jo Lord writes poetry, fiction, and memoirs. A selection of her work was published in Almost Touching, a Plain View Press anthology. Her work can also be found in the anthologies Behind Our Eyes, Behind Our Eyes: A Second Look, and in past issues of “Magnets and Ladders.” She was also published in “Dialogue Magazine,” on the blog, “Walking by Inner Vision,” Mary-Jo has been the Coordinating Editor of “Magnets and Ladders” since 2014. She has a master’s degree in counseling from Oakland University, and is retired from Oakland Community College. Mary–Jo lives with her family in Rochester, Michigan. 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