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• The Beautiful Risk

  Hightower, Lynn S.,

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  After the death of her husband and the loss of her hearing dog Leo, Junie Lagarde struggles to process her grief. Nine months later she receives a call from Capitaine Philippe Brevard in France. He’s just seen a man looking like her late husband…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Being Seen

  One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism

  Sjunneson, Elsa, 1985-

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  Deafblind and queer writer and professor Elsa Sjunneson discusses prejudice, stereotypes, and ableism. From idioms to media, religion to medical insurance, Sjunneson shares her personal experiences in this biography.

• Deaf Republic

  Poems

  Kaminsky, Ilya, 1977-

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  A lyric poem about a fictional town where the residents choose to go deaf in response to the killing of a deaf boy by an invading army. The townspeople, refusing to hear or speak to occupying authorities, create their own sign language to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Deaf Utopia

  a Memoir-and a Love Letter to a Way of Life

  DiMarco, Nyle, 1989-

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  A heartfelt memoir and celebration of Deaf culture by Nyle DiMarco, actor, producer, two-time reality show winner, and cultural icon of the international Deaf community.

• Haben

  the Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law

  Girma, Haben, 1988-

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  Haben Girma is a human rights lawyer and the first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School. This warm, uplifting memoir challenges misconceptions about what people can and cannot do and will empower readers to advocate for a better,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hearing Happiness

  Deafness Cures in History

  Virdi, Jaipreet,

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  Highlighting everything from ear trumpets to bloodletting, historian Jaipreet Virdi looks at the dangerous and ineffective methods that have been inflicted upon d/Deaf and hard of hearing people in an effort to "cure" deafness.

• The Hearing Test

  Callahan, Eliza Barry,

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  A year in the life of a young film composer who wakes up one morning with sudden deafness. This novel was inspired by the author's real life experiences.

• I (Athena)

  DyckFehderau, Ruth,

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  In this novel, a young girl is misdiagnosed as “profoundly retarded” after she loses her hearing due to a fever. DyckFehderau shares the story of Athena from both her past and her present. After being institutionalized for many years, Athena…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jellyfish Have No Ears

  Rosenfeld, Adèle, 1986-

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  Louise is suspended between two communities, "not deaf enough to be part of Deaf culture, not hearing enough to be fully within the hearing world." Her life is upended when her doctor suggests a cochlear implant, which would offer new sounds but…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mean Little Deaf Queer

  Galloway, Terry,

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  A brutally honest and bitingly funny memoir by performance artist Terry Galloway. The new edition includes an epilogue that covers the author's life since this book was first published in 2009.

• Mother Tongue

  a Memoir

  Nović, Sara, 1987-

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  Deaf author Sara Nović examines her relationship with her parents as well as her own parenthood. She thoughtfully examines d/Deaf culture in America. She also explores ableism, d/Deaf history, and her experience in raising both a hearing and Deaf…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Quiet Ear

  An Investigation of Missing Sound

  Antrobus, Raymond,

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  A coming-of-age memoir and cultural history by poet and children's book author Raymond Antrobus. The author shares his own story alongside the stories of other deaf artists, exploring deafness and its intersections with race, masculinity, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Sign of Her Own

  Marsh, Sarah (Novelist),

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  Historical fiction inspired by true events. Set in 19th-century Boston and London, Ellen Lark, deafened by scarlet fever, receives an unexpected visit from her former teacher Alexander Graham Bell, asking her to endorse his claim to the telephone…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sounds Like Home

  Growing Up Black and Deaf in the South

  Wright, Mary Herring, 1924-2018,

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  Mary Herring Wright shares her story of what life was like in the late 1920s to 1940s attending a segregated boarding school for deaf and blind Black students in North Carolina. A vividly detailed account of residential school life for deaf people…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Soundtrack of Silence

  Love, Loss, and a Playlist for Life

  Hay, Matt, 1973-

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  A child of the 1980s, Matt Hay loved music. And he didn’t realize that there was anything different about his hearing until he started to apply to college. Learning that his hearing would grow worse, Matt Hay decided to commit his favourite songs to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• True Biz

  Nović, Sara, 1987-

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  A coming-of-age novel that follows a year of seismic shifts for a teacher and her students at a school for the Deaf which is being threatened with closure. True biz is an expression in American Sign Language that in English means "for sure,"…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Voice

  Adam Pottle on Writing With Deafness

  Pottle, Adam,

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  Saskatoon's Adam Pottle describes the isolation he has felt as a deaf person in a hearing world and his experiences growing up: practicing speech, using assistive listening devices, learning ASL, and developing his internal voice. A combination of…Read moreRead more of this annotation