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ABOUT
Claude Olson (she/they) is a writer, activist, artist, and educator from Rochester, New York. She is passionate about literary education, disability justice, and zine-making. Her work is informed by her experience living with achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism, and by her
queer identity.
She graduated from Smith College in 2022 with a B.A. in Education & Child Study. At Smith, she published the story “A Guide to Swedish Death Cleaning” in the campus literary magazine Emulate and authored the zine "Organizing Is for Everyone: A Guide for the Emerging Activist." Since graduating, her work has appeared in two anthologies ("Awakenings: Stories of Bodies and Consciousness" and "Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire") as well as in The Massachusetts Review.
Claude currently resides in Washington, D.C. and works for the Writer's Center in Bethesda, MD.
NEWS & EVENTS
Writing Disability Intimacy: Free Virtual Panel
WHEN: Thursday, June 27th, 2024 / 7-8 PM Eastern Time
WHERE: Online via Zoom
The Writer’s Center presents a FREE virtual panel on the making of the new anthology Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire. We’re joined by contributors to the anthology Ashna Ali, Gracen Brilmeyer, and Travis Chi Wing Lau. They are in conversation with fellow contributor Claude Olson, Office Manager at The Writer’s Center. FREE and open to the public, all times Eastern.