COVID-19 didn’t affect everyone equally. This book explores the pandemic’s toll on vulnerable and marginalized populations — from access to treatment to housing and incarceration — through real-life narratives and lessons for social justice.
Fashion historian Nicole K. Rivas on how years of archival research into secondhand garments became a book about memory, family, and inheritance.
A librarian reflects on the doctors, mentors, and quiet moments of compassion that shaped his wife’s journey through medical school — and what “physician, heal thyself” really means when humanity is at stake.
After two years in solitary confinement, Ashleigh Chapman reflects on the real barriers to returning to education, and why prison and community education in Victoria need to be brought in line.
FREE SEMINAR APRIL 16, 2026: In this session, Ani shares her personal and professional experiences in advocating for human rights, gender equality, and religious freedom.
Lived Places Publishing is launching the first phase of our Author Identity Metadata project: A facet to search by author place of origin. After many surveys, focus groups, conference presentations, and lengthy, soul-searching discussions, we learned some key things about how to proceed.
Author Michael Kane reflects on his deaf identity, his years at RIT/NTID, the Deaf President Now protest, and the 18 interviews behind his new book celebrating deaf, hard of hearing, and CODA accounting professionals.
Son of Khoi reflects on his experience being incarcerated through a story of planting a green pepper tree in a pot, nurtured from seeds: “I am the plant in the pot.” This is Part 4 of a series called, “Bearing Witness: Firsthand Accounts of Incarceration.”
Lyrasis has partnered with Lived Places Publishing to offer member libraries discounted access to Intersections: Identity & Place, LPP’s flagship collection of 150 classroom-ready course readings that champion underrepresented voices and identities.
“Mommy, what is tenure?” is one of my first memories growing up because my father was often anxious and absent since he was on the track to a full professorship in the 1980s.