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Artist and writer Joseph Grigely has published a new essay collection, 'Otherhow: Essays and Documents on Art and Disability 1985–2024.' The book compiles decades of his work, blending art, autobiography, and advocacy through ephemera like postcards, emails, and legal documents to chronicle his experiences navigating the art world as a deaf man.
The publication is a significant contribution to disability arts and criticism, offering both a personal archive and a form of institutional critique. It matters for its unflinching documentation of systemic ableism, its constructive advocacy for accessibility, and its demonstration of how lived experience can shape an artistic and written practice that challenges exclusionary norms.