A personal account of being in solitary confinement in a Correctional Centre in South Africa – 42 days in an infamous section of the prison where several people in prison have died since 2023.
Nica Cornell describes her experience with Complex Post Traumatic Stress and how the accoutrements of dress can be comforting for mental illness and other disabilities.
Autism was never an accident of Tylenol or vaccines or industrial life. It is not a side effect to be managed, nor a pathology to be cured. Autism has been preserved through millennia of natural selection as our ongoing contribution to humanity’s survival.
This book “is one of the greatest testaments to human tenacity, courage, and strength that the publishing world has ever seen.” –Arvilla Fee
Lived Places Publishing (LPP) proudly announces the launch of our 2026 collection of concise course readings – 45 new ebooks forthcoming in 2026. These new titles will also be included in Intersections: Identity & Place, a collection of 150 cross-disciplinary titles.
Autism and neurodivergent rights seem to be making an impact on our daily lives, with more emphasis on inclusion and recognition of differences. On the ground, things look very different. Autistic author Jorik Mol shares his assessment of current issues for neurodivergent communities in the Anglosphere, placing autistic rights in the context of renewed enthusiasm for eugenics in the 21st century.
FREE SEMINAR DECEMBER 4, 2025: Names are more than just identifiers; they carry the weight of identity, culture, and resilience. In this conversation between Javeria K. Shah and Dr. Chris McAuley, they will explore the profound ways in which names shape personal and collective realities while navigating cultural and systemic power dynamics.
It is difficult to be optimistic when extremism has gained a stranglehold on the U.S. government while the mainstream media persists in normalizing the political insanity we are witnessing. But Dolores Huerta’s words and actions are an uplifting exhortation to keep on pushing ahead in the movement for universal human rights.
Lived Places Publishing author Brighid O’Shaughnessy was interviewed on the “Aging with Purpose and Passion” Podcast, talking about the unforeseen parenting journey of adopting a toddler from Haiti as a single woman. Her insights dismantle the fairy tale of adoption as a simple fix and reveal what true healing takes – for children, families, and systems.
FREE SEMINAR OCTOBER 16, 2025: In this conversation between Jessye DeSilva and Seutaʻafili Dr. Patrick Thomsen, they discuss how memoir and storytelling help us revisit and repair the stories we tell ourselves and others, with a focus on how trans experiences of authenticity emerge.