Crip Culture is hosted by Rosie Putland and Fiona Murphy, our producer is Honor Marino. In this episode we talk to author Micheline Lee and poet Andy Jackson. Micheline tells us why she didn't disclose her disability during the promotion of her first book. Andy shares the story about a night at a Brunswick pub that completely changed his writing career.

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Guest bios:

Andy Jackson is a poet, essayist, and lecturer in creative writing at the University of Melbourne. His latest poetry collection Human Looking won the ALS Gold Medal and the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Poetry. Andy's poems are included in the anthologies Versus Versus: 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poets (Bloodaxe, UK, 2025) and Every Place on the Map is Disabled (Northwestern University Press, USA, 2026). He is a co-editor of Raging Grace: Australian Writers Speak Out on Disability (Puncher & Wattman 2024), and he writes and rests on Dja Dja Wurrung country.

Micheline Lee's novel, The Healing Party, was shortlisted for several awards including the Victorian Premier's Literary Award. Born in Malaysia, she migrated to Australia when she was eight. Micheline has lived with a motor neurone disability from birth. She is also a former human rights lawyer and painter. Her Quarterly Essay is called Lifeboat: Disability, Humanity and the NDIS.

Links and resources:

• Raging Grace: Australian Writers Speak Out On Disability, Edited by Andy Jackson, Esther Ottaway and Kerri Shying

• Andy Jackson

• Micheline Lee's books

• Cover art by Judy Kuo, Instagram: @judyk__

• Judy Kuo

• Rosie Putland, Modality Co

• Fiona Murphy

• Honor Marino

Cover art: Judy Kuo, Instagram: @judyk__

Music credits: -Moments Like These — Simon Folwar (Uppbeat) License: BEB32FWJ6WULT877 -My Tiny Love — Soundroll (Uppbeat) License: VPFSMMM3K2C71ONF