In her essay about image description and “disability ekphrasis,” Kate Nesin reconsiders the idea that our primary encounter with an artwork is visual, leading instead with the texture and detail of words.

Jina B. Kim asks: Why does disability crop up as the antithesis of romance, desire, and long-term fulfillment—as something to perhaps be endured in the name of love, but never anything that might re-shape how we approach love and romance in the first place?