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E58 | Stephen Kuusisto | What My Blindness Keeps Teaching Me About Life
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Steve Kuusisto is an acclaimed poet, teacher and disability activist. He is the author of the memoirs Have Dog, Will Travel; Eavesdropping: A Memoir of Blindness and Listening, and Planet of the Blind, a New York Times “Notable Book of the Year” that landed him on Oprah, a feature story on 48 Hours and endless international media.
A Fulbright scholar with an accomplished teaching career, Steve is also the author of the poetry collections Only Bread, Only Light and Letters to Borges. He currently teaches at Syracuse University where he holds a professorship in the Center on Human Policy, Law, and Disability Studies
What life was like when I pretended to not be blind. Why I reject the tabloid version of disability. What I keep learning about being fully present. How I continue to explore my cognitive interests.
121 tập
Manage episode 329775968 series 2884163
Steve Kuusisto is an acclaimed poet, teacher and disability activist. He is the author of the memoirs Have Dog, Will Travel; Eavesdropping: A Memoir of Blindness and Listening, and Planet of the Blind, a New York Times “Notable Book of the Year” that landed him on Oprah, a feature story on 48 Hours and endless international media.
A Fulbright scholar with an accomplished teaching career, Steve is also the author of the poetry collections Only Bread, Only Light and Letters to Borges. He currently teaches at Syracuse University where he holds a professorship in the Center on Human Policy, Law, and Disability Studies
What life was like when I pretended to not be blind. Why I reject the tabloid version of disability. What I keep learning about being fully present. How I continue to explore my cognitive interests.
121 tập
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