{"id":734,"date":"2013-07-04T17:32:01","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T00:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/?p=734"},"modified":"2014-01-03T12:59:01","modified_gmt":"2014-01-03T19:59:01","slug":"behind-our-eyes-a-second-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/2013\/07\/04\/behind-our-eyes-a-second-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind our Eyes: a second look"},"content":{"rendered":"

Behind Our Eyes: A Second Look<\/em><\/p>\n

\"BOE2<\/a>Edited by Kate Chamberlin<\/p>\n

ISBN 978-1490304472<\/p>\n

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These writers didn\u2019t have a choice about disabilities in their lives, but each certainly made choices about handling their daily challenges. Through their stories, poems, and essays, these writers have chosen to live life to its fullest.<\/p>\n

Behind Our Eyes, Inc, a 501C-3 nonprofit organization, offers accessible opportunities for writers with disabilities\u00a0 to share and discuss their work with fellow members, guest authors, and professionals in the publishing field via their e-mail list and teleconferences. Through positive critiques and suggestions, the members support and assist each other in their on-going efforts to express themselves in the written word. Braille displays, screen-reading software, and other adaptive technologies enhance the skills for many of these writers.<\/p>\n

This second anthology showcases the literary endeavors of this unique collection of writers. Their first anthology, Behind Our Eyes<\/em>, was published in 2007 and the on-line magazine, Magnets and Ladders<\/em>, made its debut in 2011.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The pieces in Behind Our Eyes: A Second Look<\/em>, are a rich blend of new submissions to this anthology, as well as reprints from the online magazine. The vivid tapestry of life these writers weave with their stories, poems, and essays demonstrates what a varied and diverse group they are, yet showcases their similarities to each other and to the world at large. You may share your thoughts with these authors and others at www.BehindOurEyes.org<\/a>\u00a0 and www.MagnetsandLadders.org.<\/p>\n

The organization of this book enables you to read it from cover to cover, flip to a theme, pick your favorite author, or just read one selection each day. Whatever your reading preference is, it\u2019s worth taking a second look.<\/p>\n

–BOE Anthology Committee<\/p>\n

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Behind Our Eyes:\u00a0 A Second Look<\/b><\/p>\n

Table of Contents<\/b><\/p>\n

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I. ECHOES OF CHANGE<\/p>\n

Banging The Drum Loudly, Memoir<\/p>\n

By Peter Altschul\u2026pg#<\/p>\n

The Willows Weep, memoir<\/p>\n

By Myrna D. Badgerow\u2026<\/p>\n

Now and Then, Sonnet<\/p>\n

By Myrna D. Badgerow\u2026<\/p>\n

The Art of Dying, memoir<\/p>\n

By Bonnie Blose\u2026<\/p>\n

A Long Way from Home, memoir<\/p>\n

By Phyllis Staton Campbell\u2026<\/p>\n

Wonders of Womanhood, Free Verse<\/p>\n

By Marsha Gaide\u2026<\/p>\n

The Little Window, memoir<\/p>\n

By Tara Arlene Innmon\u2026<\/p>\n

The Afternoon I Caused My Own Abduction, Memoir<\/p>\n

By Barbara Mattson\u2026<\/p>\n

Stars In My Eyes, Free Verse<\/p>\n

By Valerie Moreno…<\/p>\n

A Different Kind of Healing, Memoir<\/p>\n

By DeAnna Quietwater Noriega\u2026<\/p>\n

Grandma, Memoir<\/p>\n

By Michael Price\u2026<\/p>\n

Best Friends, Memoir<\/p>\n

By Rebecca Shields\u2026<\/p>\n

Strength Through Stitches, Memoir<\/p>\n

by Rebecca Shields<\/p>\n

A Noteworthy Friendship, Memoir<\/p>\n

By Rhonda T. Spear<\/p>\n

Mother And Child Reunion, memoir<\/p>\n

By Terri Winaught\u2026<\/p>\n

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II. SEASONS AND CELEBRATIONS<\/p>\n

Nobody Ever Asks Me about my Mother, memoir<\/p>\n

By Bonnie Blose\u2026<\/p>\n

The Empty Nest Halloween, memoir<\/p>\n

By Kate Chamberlin\u2026<\/p>\n

Buddies and Pals Nursery School, Memoir<\/p>\n

By Kate Chamberlin\u2026<\/p>\n

Rubik\u2019s Cube, Memoir<\/p>\n

By Caitlin Hernandez\u2026<\/p>\n

A Journey of a Thousand Miles, Memoir<\/p>\n

By Shawn Jacobson\u2026<\/p>\n

A Simple Pleasure, fiction<\/p>\n

By Bobbi LaChance\u2026<\/p>\n

Reflections, fiction<\/p>\n

By Bobbi LaChance\u2026<\/p>\n

Eclipse – Hands folded in Prayer, Free Verse<\/p>\n

By Lynda Lambert\u2026<\/p>\n

Family Feast, memoir<\/p>\n

By Deon Lyons\u2026<\/p>\n

The Other Side of the Glass Wall, memoir<\/p>\n

By Deon Lyons\u2026<\/p>\n

Egg Cream, Please, memoir<\/p>\n

By Valerie Moreno\u2026<\/p>\n

Marshmallow Peeps, memoir<\/p>\n

By DeAnna Quietwater Noriega\u2026<\/p>\n

The Box on the Porch, memoir<\/p>\n

By Ed Potter\u2026<\/p>\n

YOM KIPPUR, Cinquain<\/p>\n

By William Preston\u2026<\/p>\n

Stealing Yeses, Free Verse<\/p>\n

By Nancy Scott\u2026<\/p>\n

Heaven on Earth, Free Verse<\/p>\n

By Sherry Taylor\u2026<\/p>\n

Christmas Magic, Fiction<\/p>\n

By Sherry Taylor\u2026<\/p>\n

Birds Of No\u00ebl, memoir<\/p>\n

Judith E Vido\u2026<\/p>\n

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III. IS IT POSSIBLE?<\/p>\n

Sweet Music, Fiction<\/p>\n

By Myrna Badgerow\u2026<\/p>\n

The Nicest Little Friend, fiction<\/p>\n

By Nicole Bissett\u2026<\/p>\n

Terms and Conditions, fiction<\/p>\n

By Manny Colver\u2026<\/p>\n

Probabilities, fiction<\/p>\n

By Manny Colver\u2026<\/p>\n

A Dotty Encounter, Fiction<\/p>\n

By Ellen Fritz\u2026<\/p>\n

The Reality of Rejection, fiction<\/p>\n

By Shawn Jacobson\u2026<\/p>\n

Audioscape, flash fiction<\/p>\n

By Nancy Lynn\u2026<\/p>\n

Hold Me Down, Sci-fiction<\/p>\n

By Traci MacDonald\u2026<\/p>\n

Would you?, Non-fiction<\/p>\n

By Christine Malec\u2026<\/p>\n

I Call on the Spirit of John Milton, Free Verse<\/p>\n

By Ria Meade\u2026<\/p>\n

New Life, fiction<\/p>\n

By Marilyn Brandt Smith\u2026<\/p>\n

Chandler’s Curse, fiction<\/p>\n

By John Wesley Smith\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2018This Ball is Outta Here!\u2019 Fiction<\/p>\n

By Lillian Way\u2026<\/p>\n

The Adventures of Mckaitma and Jacob, Fiction<\/p>\n

By Tyler Zahnke\u2026<\/p>\n

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IV. FUR AND FEATHERS<\/p>\n

Kicked by a Camel, Kissed by Two Dolphins, Memoir<\/p>\n

By Peter Altschul\u2026<\/p>\n

My Little Neutrino, nonfiction<\/p>\n

By Bruce Atchison\u2026<\/p>\n

One May Morning, Poetry<\/p>\n

By Lauren R. Casey\u2026<\/p>\n

Witnesses, fiction<\/p>\n

By Ellen Fritz\u2026<\/p>\n

Border Patrol, Fiction<\/p>\n

By Donna Grahmann\u2026<\/p>\n

Dependable Pal: A Pony\u2019s Tale, Fiction<\/p>\n

By Donna Grahmann\u2026<\/p>\n

From The Old Crow\u2019s Nest, fiction<\/p>\n

By Ernest A. Jones\u2026<\/p>\n

My Kitchen Guests,Couplets<\/p>\n

By Bobbi LaChance…<\/p>\n

It’s Not the Cat That Has Nine Lives, Pantoum<\/p>\n

By Mary-Jo Lord\u2026<\/p>\n

Blind Cat’s Bluff, non-fiction<\/p>\n

By Valerie Moreno\u2026<\/p>\n

Sharing Your Gifts, fiction<\/p>\n

By DeAnna Quietwater Noriega\u2026<\/p>\n

Loving Amber Eyes, Free Verse<\/p>\n

By DeAnna Quietwater Noriega\u2026<\/p>\n

Irreproducible, memoir<\/p>\n

By Aly Parsons\u2026<\/p>\n

Her Spirit Guide, non-fiction<\/p>\n

By Eve Sanchez\u2026<\/p>\n

Occupying Aging: Delights, Disabilities and Daily Life<\/p>\n

By Katherine Schneider\u2026<\/p>\n

A Precious Memory,\u00a0 Memoir<\/p>\n

By Frances Strong\u2026<\/p>\n

Omen from My Totem, Free Verse<\/p>\n

By Leonard Tuchyner\u2026<\/p>\n

Maddie’s Love of Music, Memoir<\/p>\n

By Judith E. Vido<\/p>\n

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V. POTPOURRI OF POETRY<\/p>\n

Longing, Free Verse<\/p>\n

By Norma Boge\u2026<\/p>\n

Wedding Vows, Free Verse<\/p>\n

By Jimmy Burns\u2026<\/p>\n

Come, Free Verse<\/p>\n

By Elisa Busch\u2026<\/p>\n

Cat and Dog, Nonet<\/p>\n

By Kate Chamberlin…<\/p>\n

Spring\/Winter, Acrostic<\/p>\n

By Elizabeth Fiorite\u2026<\/p>\n

Inevitable Circle, Free Verse<\/p>\n

By Ellen Fritz\u2026<\/p>\n

C.P.,\u00a0 Couplets<\/p>\n

By Heather Herschap…<\/p>\n

Safe Harbors, Rhyming Quatrain<\/p>\n

By Gottlieb, Grahmann, Leschak, Strange\u2026<\/p>\n

More Than Books, Free Verse<\/p>\n

By Robert Kingett\u2026<\/p>\n

For My Mother at Eighty, Villanelle<\/p>\n

By Lynda J. Lambert\u2026<\/p>\n

How to Treat My Heart At High Tide, Free Verse<\/p>\n

By Mary-Jo Lord…<\/p>\n

Match, Free Verse<\/p>\n

By Mary-Jo Lord\u2026<\/p>\n

In Dreams, Cinquain<\/p>\n

By Nancy Lynn\u2026<\/p>\n

Hyacinths of the Midwest, Acrostic<\/p>\n

By Alice Jane-Marie Massa\u2026<\/p>\n

The Gift, Free Verse<\/p>\n

By Wendy Phillips\u2026<\/p>\n

Cochlear Implant, Free Verse<\/p>\n

By William Preston\u2026<\/p>\n

Writing About Eating In Amherst, Couplets<\/p>\n

By William Preston\u2026<\/p>\n

Oxygen, Free Verse<\/p>\n

By Sally Rosenthal\u2026<\/p>\n

While Walking Home, Free Verse<\/p>\n

By Abbie Johnson Taylor\u2026<\/p>\n

Awaiting The Return Of The Better Half, Free Verse<\/p>\n

By Abbie Johnson Taylor\u2026<\/p>\n

Blind? Deaf?, Free Versey<\/p>\n

By Leonard Tuchyner\u2026<\/p>\n

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VI. WHOSE VISION?<\/p>\n

A Prickly Tree, memoir<\/p>\n

By Robert Feinstein\u2026<\/p>\n

Just To Know, Free Verse<\/p>\n

By Caitlin Hernandez…<\/p>\n

What I See, memoir<\/p>\n

By David Kingsbury\u2026<\/p>\n

Wind\u2019s Door, Free Verse<\/p>\n

By Ria Meade<\/p>\n

Trouble’s in Town, memoir<\/p>\n

By Ed Potter\u2026<\/p>\n

Burdocks, Memoir<\/p>\n

By Janet Schmidt<\/p>\n

Hearing the Sunrise, Free Verse<\/p>\n

By Nancy Scot<\/p>\n

The Light Beyond The Dark, Non-fiction<\/p>\n

by Rhonda T. Spear\u2026<\/p>\n

Triathlon, Memoir<\/p>\n

By Nancy Stevens\u2026<\/p>\n

Reading Blind, Free Verse<\/p>\n

By Cheryl Wade\u2026<\/p>\n

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VII. TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE<\/p>\n

Snapshots of Life After Abuse, memoir<\/p>\n

By Nicole Bissett.\u2026<\/p>\n

Ruby’s Gift of Prayer, Fiction<\/p>\n

By Elisa Busch\u2026<\/p>\n

Trust, Memoir<\/p>\n

By Robert Feinstein\u2026<\/p>\n

One Case from the Files, Creative Non-Fiction<\/p>\n

By Elizabeth Fiorite\u2026<\/p>\n

Special Class: a Journey in Mainstreaming, Memoir<\/p>\n

By Donna W. Hill\u2026<\/p>\n

A Night At The Totem Bowl, Memoir<\/p>\n

By Shawn Jacobson\u2026<\/p>\n

Three Weeks to Live, memoir<\/p>\n

By Ernest A. Jones\u2026<\/p>\n

Torn By Peace, Memoir<\/p>\n

By Traci McDonald\u2026<\/p>\n

Unbroken, Free Verse<\/p>\n

By Traci McDonald\u2026<\/p>\n

Darkness, Memoir<\/p>\n

By Fred Nickl\u2026<\/p>\n

Mysterious Encounter, Memoir<\/p>\n

By Fred Nickl\u2026<\/p>\n

The One I Love, Free Verse<\/p>\n

By Michelle Sipe\u2026<\/p>\n

Narrow Escape, memoir<\/p>\n

By Marilyn Brandt Smith\u2026<\/p>\n

When a New Day Dawns, memoir<\/p>\n

By Terri Winaught\u2026<\/p>\n

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VIII\u00a0 Contributors\u2019 biographies<\/p>\n

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