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Year of the Tiger

Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life

 

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Plain language summary by Kelsie Acton

Discussion guide by Sandy Ho

Official Year of the Tiger playlist 

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ISBN 9780593315392

Book cover for Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life with a marigold yellow background. On the right side is an illustration of a crouching tiger in red in the style of Chinese paper cuttings with delicate cutouts in various shapes giving form and definition to the tiger. The tiger has a fierce expression, eyes and jaws wide open, teeth bared. The tiger has large paws with four claws extended. On the left in black large text YEAR OF THE TIGER at the top and ALICE WONG below. In the center in smaller red text AN ACTIVIST’S LIFE and in the lower right corner EDITOR OF DISABILITY VISIBILITY. Small, delicate red flowers are sprinkled throughout. Book cover by Madeline Partner.

 

From the publisher:

Drawing on a collection of original essays, previously published work, conversations, graphics, photos, commissioned art by disabled and Asian American artists, and more, Alice uses her unique talent to share an impressionistic scrapbook of her life as an Asian American disabled activist, community organizer, media maker, and dreamer. From her love of food and pop culture to her unwavering commitment to dismantling systemic ableism, Alice shares her thoughts on creativity, access, power, care, the pandemic, mortality, and the future. As a self-described disabled oracle, Alice traces her origins, tells her story, and creates a space for disabled people to be in conversation with one another and the world. Filled with incisive wit, joy, and rage, Wong’s Year of the Tiger will galvanize readers with big cat energy. 
Photo of Alice Wong, an Asian American disabled woman in a power chair, against a background of bamboo trees. She is wearing a blue cardigan and sitting in a power chair. She is holding a copy of her memoir, Year of the Tiger, a paperback in yellow and red with a fierce tiger on it designed by Madeline Partner. She is wearing a bold red lip color and a trach at her neck. Photo credit: Eddie Hernandez Photography.
Photo of Alice Wong, an Asian American disabled woman in a power chair, against a background of bamboo trees. She is wearing a blue cardigan and sitting in a power chair. She is holding a copy of her memoir, Year of the Tiger, a paperback in yellow and red with a fierce tiger on it designed by Madeline Partner. She is wearing a bold red lip color and a trach at her neck. Photo credit: Eddie Hernandez Photography.

 

Photo of YEAR OF THE TIGER, a paperback with a marigold yellow background. On the right side is an illustration of a crouching tiger in red in the style of Chinese paper cuttings with delicate cutouts in various shapes giving form and definition to the tiger. The tiger has a fierce expression, eyes and jaws wide open, teeth bared. The tiger has large paws with four claws extended. On the left in black large text YEAR OF THE TIGER at the top and ALICE WONG below. In the center in smaller red text AN ACTIVIST’S LIFE and in the lower right corner EDITOR OF DISABILITY VISIBILITY. Small, delicate red flowers are sprinkled throughout. Book cover by Madeline Partner. Next to the book is a small pyramid of tangerines and to the left is a Lego figure of a fierce tiger. In the background are bamboo trees. Photo credit: Eddie Hernandez Photography.
Photo of YEAR OF THE TIGER, a paperback with a marigold yellow background. On the right side is an illustration of a crouching tiger in red in the style of Chinese paper cuttings with delicate cutouts in various shapes giving form and definition to the tiger. The tiger has a fierce expression, eyes and jaws wide open, teeth bared. The tiger has large paws with four claws extended. On the left in black large text YEAR OF THE TIGER at the top and ALICE WONG below. In the center in smaller red text AN ACTIVIST’S LIFE and in the lower right corner EDITOR OF DISABILITY VISIBILITY. Small, delicate red flowers are sprinkled throughout. Book cover by Madeline Partner. Next to the book is a small pyramid of tangerines and to the left is a Lego figure of a fierce tiger. In the background are bamboo trees. Photo credit: Eddie Hernandez Photography.

Book Events 

July 20, 2023, 4-5:30 pm Pacific

Registration: https://tinyurl.com/TTPremiere

 

Graphic with a yellow background and a tiger in the upper right hand corner with small red flowers. Black text reads: TIGER TALKS A community book reading celebration. Hear friends of Alice read passages from Year of the Tiger and celebrate this book-as-mixed-tape that brings so much! A virtual event July 20th 4-5:30pm PT AD/Captioning provided. Produced by The Longmore Institute on Disability, the Disability & Intersectionality Summit, The Disability Visibility Project. A photo of Alice Wong who is an Asian woman with short dark hair, red lipstick, and a long blue cardigan on holding up her memoir year of the Tiger
Graphic with a yellow background and a tiger in the upper right hand corner with small red flowers. Black text reads: TIGER TALKS A community book reading celebration. Hear friends of Alice read passages from Year of the Tiger and celebrate this book-as-mixed-tape that brings so much! A virtual event July 20th 4-5:30pm PT AD/Captioning provided. Produced by The Longmore Institute on Disability, the Disability & Intersectionality Summit, The Disability Visibility Project. A photo of Alice Wong who is an Asian woman with short dark hair, red lipstick, and a long blue cardigan on holding up her memoir year of the Tiger

December 7, 4 pm Pacific

Text on a black background with red and gold accents. Text reads: TIGER TALKS #4: Dismantling the Culture of Professionalism. December 7th, 4pm PT / 7pm ET. With Vu Le and Sandy Ho (moderator). Part of a series of community conversations with writers and creatives to celebrate Alice Wong’s new memoir, "Year of the Tiger." ASL/CC provided. Free book giveaway for attendees! tinyurl.com/TigerTalkDecember7.
Text on a black background with red and gold accents. Text reads: TIGER TALKS #4: Dismantling the Culture of Professionalism. December 7th, 4pm PT / 7pm ET. With Vu Le and Sandy Ho (moderator). Part of a series of community conversations with writers and creatives to celebrate Alice Wong’s new memoir, “Year of the Tiger.” ASL/CC provided. Free book giveaway for attendees! tinyurl.com/TigerTalkDecember7.

Register: tinyurl.com/TigerTalkDecember7

Press, Reviews & Other Stuff

Disability activist Alice Wong writes about the past and futurism, Jeneé Darden, KALW, March 1, 2023

Review of Year of the Tiger by Leah Milne, 2023

Footnote on ‘Year of the Tiger’ by Alice Wong, M. Leona Godin, 2022.

Book review by Kate Champlin, Wordgathering, Volume 16, Issue 3, 2022.

 

 

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