Touch the Future
a manifesto in essays
$38.39
- Hardcover
208 pages
- Release Date
29 November 2023
Summary
Touch the Future: A DeafBlind Manifesto
Born Deaf into an ASL-speaking family and blind by adolescence, John Lee Clark learned to embrace the possibilities of his tactile world. He is on the frontlines of the Protactile movement, which gave birth to an unprecedented language and way of life based on physical connection.
In a series of paradigm-shifting essays, Clark reports on seismic developments within the DeafBlind community and challenges the limitations of sighted and h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781324035367 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1324035366 |
| Author: | John Lee Clark |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Imprint: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 29 November 2023 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 218mm x 147mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
Touch the Future opens doors to the multiple worlds of disability…. This is a book for anyone who is interested in the life of the imagination and the mind.–Stephen Kuusisto, author of EavesdroppingJohn Lee Clark is equal parts master storyteller, wry comedian, erudite historian, and brilliant teacher…. At times urgent, often hilarious, and always illuminating, Touch the Future will touch readers’ hearts while opening their minds to a whole new world.–Robert Sieburt, coauthor of Deaf UtopiaJohn Lee Clark’s fervent manifesto for the Protactile language and movement will blow your mind, enliven your body, and connect you to other people in unexpected ways. Touch the Future is a book that enlarges the human world.–Edward Hirsch, author of Stranger by Night
About The Author
John Lee Clark
John Lee Clark is an award-winning writer and Protactile educator. He has received the Krause Essay Prize and a National Magazine Award for his prose. His poetry collection, How to Communicate, received the Minnesota Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Kingsley Tufts Award. A 2021–2023 Bush Fellow, he lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with his partner, the ASL Deaf artist Adrean Clark, their three kids, and two cats.
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