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