{"product_id":"year-of-the-tiger","title":"Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis groundbreaking memoir offers a glimpse into an activist's journey to finding and cultivating community and the continued fight for disability justice, from the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Chinese culture, the tiger is deeply revered for its confidence, passion, ambition, and ferocity. That same fighting spirit resides in Alice Wong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDrawing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[[More Info]]]\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER • ONE OF USA TODAY'S MUST-READ BOOKS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e“Alice Wong provides deep truths in this fun and deceptively easy read about her survival in this hectic and ableist society.” \u003cstrong\u003e- Selma Blair, bestselling author of Mean Baby\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[[Specifications]]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/2364\/files\/Screenshot_2026-11-04_at_9.40.48_PM.png?v=1793846491\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 16px 16px 1px 1px; float: left;\" width=\"252\" height=\"304\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlice Wong was a disabled activist, media maker, and research consultant based in San Francisco, California. She was the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project—an online community dedicated to creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture—and the editor of the anthology Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century and Disability Visibility: 17 First-Person Stories for Today (Adapted for Young Adults). Alice was also the host and coproducer of the Disability Visibility podcast and copartner in a number of collaborations such as #CripTheVote and Access Is Love. From 2013 to 2015, Alice served as a member of the National Council on Disability, an appointment by President Barack Obama. She died in 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePages\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e400\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYear Published\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2022\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53008088989983,"sku":"9780593315392","price":29.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/2364\/files\/year-of-the-tiger-book.jpg?v=1793847815","url":"https:\/\/venusenvy.ca\/products\/year-of-the-tiger","provider":"Venus Envy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}