The Disabled Crone

The Disabled Crone

Canadian award-winning author and editor Cait Gordon interviews creatives regarding topics of disability and art. Cait founded the Spoonie Authors Network in 2016, a community initiative for writers who manage disabilities and chronic conditions. Oh yeah, she also really likes cake.

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June 6, 2025 27 mins

Season One finale! Cait interviews A. Gregory Frankson: poet, award-winning literary artist and essayist, community builder, and author of Alphabet Soup: A Memoir in Letters. We discuss all things poetry and the catharsis that comes with writing creative nonfiction.

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Cait interviews zinester, author, award-nominated anthology editor, and multiple-award-winning founder of Speculating Canada, Derek Newman-Stille, about what zines are, and why they’re so important, especially today!

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Cait interviews Canadian speculative fiction author and retired educator Arlene F. Marks about how being neurodivergent without knowing it affected not only our lives, but what goes into our writing!

Content note: This episode is about the lived experiences of the host and guest, and it is not a substitute for medical advice.

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Cait interviews award-winning Canadian author Melissa Yi, about the five most interesting things about her career, and spoiler, they are massively interesting! (You must listen to find out the title of one of her romance books. It’s everything!)

Content note: brief mention of a cancer diagnosis

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Cait invites Adelle Purdham, bestselling author of I Don’t Do Disability and Other Lies I Told Myself to talk about her journey out of internalized ableism and into learning from folks who have lived experience of disability.

Content note: mentions of eugenics-based thinking

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Award-winning Canadian author, editor, and cupcake eater Cait Gordon interviews award-winning, number-one best-selling Canadian author Jamieson Wolf about when it's time to put oneself first in the rollercoaster adventures of the publishing industry, and why it's important to hold onto to the joy of writing.

This is the debut episode of The Disabled Crone!

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March 24, 2025 2 mins

Award-winning Canadian author, editor, and cupcake eater Cait Gordon interviews six amazing Canadian authors in this debut mini-season of The Disabled Crone: Jamieson Wolf, Adelle Purdham, Melissa Yi, Arlene F. Marks, Derek Newman-Stille, and A. Gregory Frankson.

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