M. Leona Godin

Independent scholar M. Leona Godin, who is blind, takes an eclectic, but consistently intellectual, approach to visual impairment in her genre bending study, There Plant Eyes. Whether she's analyzing ancient Greek drama or the poetry of Milton, or discussing the development of Braille, Helen Keller’s surprisingly radical ideas, or the profusion of “inspiration porn,” her writing dispels the "ocularcentric" myths sighted people believe about blindness.

This book took a few chapters to show more grow on me. The narrative is at its most compelling when Godin relates her own experiences and writes about social justice issues as they relate to blindness. Recommended.

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