Audiobook Café

There Plant Eyes: In Conversation with M. Leona Godin

Episode Summary

In recognition of Disability Pride Month, we look back on “There Plant Eyes” by M. Leona Godin. The book captures the cultural history of blindness while blending together Leona’s personal story of sight loss. Host Jacob Shymanski catches up with Leona to discuss society’s perceptions of blindness and the importance of challenging the ideas about what it means to be “blind.” This episode is produced by Andrika De Lanerolle.

Episode Notes

In recognition of Disability Pride Month, we look back on “There Plant Eyes” by M. Leona Godin.  

The book captures the cultural history of blindness while blending together Leona’s personal story of sight loss.  

Host Jacob Shymanski catches up with Leona to discuss society’s perceptions of blindness and the importance of challenging the ideas about what it means to be “blind.”  

This episode is produced by Andrika De Lanerolle.