Since I wrote yesterday, there have been many moving tributes to Paul Longmore from friends, colleagues – and many who have been affected by his academic work and political advocacy.
His facebook page is filled with messages of appreciation and remembrance. I don’t know if his page is viewable to non-facebook users or even to nonfriends on facebook, but you could check it out to find out.
Here is a list – I can’t pretend it’s complete – of blog entries mourning the loss of Paul Longmore and reflecting on his life and work:
- Wesley Smith shared a press release (direct link later on) and his own recollections of Paul.
- Penny Richards at the Disabilities Studies blog shared memorial posts from Paul’s Facebook page and some of her own reflections.
- Disability rights attorney Lainey Feingold has written a personal tribute to Paul on her blog – much of which is included as an article in today’s edition of BeyondChron – the Alternative San Francisco online daily.
- Bess, at The Right to Design, shares a long remembrance of Paul.
- CDCAN – California Disability Community Action Network issued a short press release.
- Ben Mattlin shares some thoughts and dedicates part 14 of “Miracle Boy” to Paul Longmore.
- Martina has written “Memorium” – a poem for Paul Longmore on the Breaks in the Verse blog.
- Beth Haller at Media dis&dat has a long tribute – and some short remembrances from others who knew Paul.
- Bill Peace at Bad Cripple has his own memories of Paul Longmore – the impact of his work and his willingness to give feedback to a fellow scholar looking for some input on a project.
- Cory Silverberg has a nice tribute to Paul on the sexuality blog at About.com.
- Anna at FORWARD – FWD (feminists with disabilities) for a way forward, has written a short post about her own feelings of loss hearing about Paul’s death.
Also, Joe Shapiro has posted a long obituary on the NPR health blog (yes – we know what Paul might say about ending up on the health blog).
I apologize to any blogger – especially any disability blogger – I haven’t linked to. I’m sure this list isn’t comprehensive – and I am also sure that there are new blogs that have been posted since I started writing this post. I’ll do a new search tomorrow and share ones I either overlooked or that have been published since the completion of this post.
I’ll also try to put together a set of links on articles and/or interviews with Paul Longmore that are NDY-related. I’ll include one that was a collaborative effort – between myself, Diane Coleman, and Paul.
Still waiting for any San Francisco mainstream media to notice that a great man has died. –Stephen Drake
I just checked his FB and both his Info (at least part of it) and his Wall are visible to anyone logged into Facebook (friend or not, and I’m not).
Thanks, Matthew – that’s good to know. –Stephen