Sandra Gail Lambert 🧑🏻🦼 🌈 (she/her)
@sandragaillambert.bsky.social
Writer. Disability! Aging! Queerness! Lesbian Desire! Adventures in the Wilds of Florida! NYT, Sun, Orion, Narratively. My Withered Legs and Other Essays. A Certain Loneliness: A Memoir.
Ten years ago today we were married at Paynes Prairie! Wild horses joined us on the trail. Happy anniversary, my love.
February 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Ten years ago today we were married at Paynes Prairie! Wild horses joined us on the trail. Happy anniversary, my love.
Here's the "Queering the Narrative" ReadOUT schedule! This is our chance to gather together in person. In Florida. Within a month after the inauguration. I get to be on the "Celebrate the power of queer storytelling as a force for change!" panel.
ReadOUT — OUT Arts & Culture
An annual LGBTQ+ Literary Festival which spotlights the creativity, knowledge and expertise of LGBTQ+ authors through panel discussions, a keynote address, readings and more
outartsandculture.org
January 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Here's the "Queering the Narrative" ReadOUT schedule! This is our chance to gather together in person. In Florida. Within a month after the inauguration. I get to be on the "Celebrate the power of queer storytelling as a force for change!" panel.
Disabled writers talking all things writing/publishing in a magazine with a disabled editor-in-chief! I'm thinking this is not a coincidence. @sonyahuber.bsky.social, @keahbrown.bsky.social, Jessie Male, and M Leona Godin are in brilliant conversation. @jamestatehill.bsky.social is the new editor.
The Big Conversation: Writing (and Publishing) Disability (Free)
Jessie Male, Keah Brown, M. Leona Godin, and Sonya Huber discuss the joys and challenges of writing nuanced and complex experiences of disability.
writerschronicle.org
January 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Disabled writers talking all things writing/publishing in a magazine with a disabled editor-in-chief! I'm thinking this is not a coincidence. @sonyahuber.bsky.social, @keahbrown.bsky.social, Jessie Male, and M Leona Godin are in brilliant conversation. @jamestatehill.bsky.social is the new editor.
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Unions, because it’s VERY unlikely three ghosts will appear and scare your boss into doing the right thing.
December 23, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Unions, because it’s VERY unlikely three ghosts will appear and scare your boss into doing the right thing.
End-of-year publishing stats and reflections.
Rejections, What Rejections? My 2024 End-of-Year Writing Stats
Each year I compile a reckoning of my writing life as told through acceptances and rejections.
sandragaillambert.substack.com
December 16, 2024 at 8:54 PM
End-of-year publishing stats and reflections.
Nikki Giovanni has died. Remembering her political clarity, radical curiosity, and humor will be useful strategies of resistance.
December 10, 2024 at 3:52 AM
Nikki Giovanni has died. Remembering her political clarity, radical curiosity, and humor will be useful strategies of resistance.
Writing Prep: Scrubbed the grease layers on my thirty+ year old electric stovetop and replaced the drip pans and heating elements. It's now inspiringly shiny! #writing
December 9, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Writing Prep: Scrubbed the grease layers on my thirty+ year old electric stovetop and replaced the drip pans and heating elements. It's now inspiringly shiny! #writing
My South Arts Literary Arts Grant is submitted! Even this fairly straightforward (I probably filled it in all wrong.) process nearly broke my writer brain. Big respect to all the grant writers. There are a couple more days until the deadline. www.southarts.org/grants-oppor...
Literary Arts Grant | South Arts
As part of its Literary Arts Initiative, South Arts is excited to announce grants for literary arts projects for writers and publishers. These grants deepen our commitment to amplifying literary tradi...
www.southarts.org
December 1, 2024 at 8:52 PM
My South Arts Literary Arts Grant is submitted! Even this fairly straightforward (I probably filled it in all wrong.) process nearly broke my writer brain. Big respect to all the grant writers. There are a couple more days until the deadline. www.southarts.org/grants-oppor...
On being bitter and petty post-election—my latest Substack newsletter. sandragaillambert.substack.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:20 PM
On being bitter and petty post-election—my latest Substack newsletter. sandragaillambert.substack.com
An afternoon stroll after a morning of pretending to write.
November 24, 2024 at 9:20 PM
An afternoon stroll after a morning of pretending to write.
The temperature is "plummeting" tomorrow here in Florida. So I switched out my summer earrings for the winter ones. Yes, earrings are a source of power ever since, at twelve, I risked a spanking to get my ears pierced. My body, my body.
November 20, 2024 at 9:02 PM
The temperature is "plummeting" tomorrow here in Florida. So I switched out my summer earrings for the winter ones. Yes, earrings are a source of power ever since, at twelve, I risked a spanking to get my ears pierced. My body, my body.
My wife makes me coffee every morning. AND brings it to me in bed.
As we're all getting to know each other, I propose we volunteer something about ourselves which will infuriate everyone else. But no politics, religion or other nastiness. we're looking for cheerful infuriation only. I'll start.
I sleep amazingly. I've had maybe 10 bad nights of sleep in my life.
I sleep amazingly. I've had maybe 10 bad nights of sleep in my life.
November 18, 2024 at 3:19 PM
My wife makes me coffee every morning. AND brings it to me in bed.
ND Stevenson's latest Substack, "Travel Light," was this week's bolster. (@gingerhaze.bsky.social)
I'm Fine I'm Fine Just Understand | ND Stevenson | Substack
Quiet comics about gender, mental health, and getting older. Click to read I'm Fine I'm Fine Just Understand, by ND Stevenson, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
www.imfineimfine.com
November 17, 2024 at 5:23 PM
ND Stevenson's latest Substack, "Travel Light," was this week's bolster. (@gingerhaze.bsky.social)
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I wrote "How Heeding Disabled People Can Help Everyone Survive Crises" and for a second there it really looked like policymakers and government folks understood what i was poiting at.
Guess not tho.
slate.com/technology/2...
Guess not tho.
slate.com/technology/2...
How Heeding Disabled People Can Help Everyone Survive Crises
An expert on the social and cultural implications of technology responds to Aliza Greenblatt’s “If We Ever Make It Through This Alive.”
slate.com
October 24, 2024 at 2:34 PM
I wrote "How Heeding Disabled People Can Help Everyone Survive Crises" and for a second there it really looked like policymakers and government folks understood what i was poiting at.
Guess not tho.
slate.com/technology/2...
Guess not tho.
slate.com/technology/2...
This was a week of woodland strolls and garden visits with other writers and their dogs. And a phone call with a too-long absent poet friend. We laughed so hard we leaked as is our wont. Small, sweet moments are making me sturdy and ready.
November 16, 2024 at 2:11 PM
This was a week of woodland strolls and garden visits with other writers and their dogs. And a phone call with a too-long absent poet friend. We laughed so hard we leaked as is our wont. Small, sweet moments are making me sturdy and ready.
Our dog died in May and we sure aren't ready to "replace" her—as if. But our town does have a dog hospice program (the mostly permanent fostering of elderly, health-compromised dogs) that might be a good fit for us. Do any of you have experience to offer? I miss my writing companion.
November 14, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Our dog died in May and we sure aren't ready to "replace" her—as if. But our town does have a dog hospice program (the mostly permanent fostering of elderly, health-compromised dogs) that might be a good fit for us. Do any of you have experience to offer? I miss my writing companion.
Over on Substack, I'm writing about publishing an essay collection. Here's the latest post.
Everything but the Cover: Part Three of Publishing an Essay Collection
by Sandra Gail Lambert
sandragaillambert.substack.com
October 6, 2023 at 1:40 PM
Over on Substack, I'm writing about publishing an essay collection. Here's the latest post.
I have a cover!
September 27, 2023 at 7:23 PM
I have a cover!
Cossmass Infinities published a story of mine! www.cossmass.com/stories/the-...
September 17, 2023 at 8:57 PM
Cossmass Infinities published a story of mine! www.cossmass.com/stories/the-...
University of Georgia Press has a pub date for My Withered Legs and Other Essays—March 1, 2024! Now we can plan the launch party.
September 15, 2023 at 2:36 AM
University of Georgia Press has a pub date for My Withered Legs and Other Essays—March 1, 2024! Now we can plan the launch party.
After a yellow pad flurry of sorting the notes from my writing retreat, I have now taken the good pain pill. I'll be here in bed eating licorice wheels and watching old episodes of Grimm. Hurrah for the high of less pain.
September 10, 2023 at 6:10 PM
After a yellow pad flurry of sorting the notes from my writing retreat, I have now taken the good pain pill. I'll be here in bed eating licorice wheels and watching old episodes of Grimm. Hurrah for the high of less pain.
After five days away, the look that greets me.
September 8, 2023 at 8:22 PM
After five days away, the look that greets me.