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The Deaf Way II Anthology: A Literary Collection by Deaf and Hard of Hearing Writers (Vol 2)

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I received this book when I attended Deaf Way II. I originally thought it was a book of fiction, but it seems to mostly be true stories from each author's history. I wasn't especially fond of the poetry, although some of it is written from a Deaf perspective, but there were a number of good prose works. Also of note is Sotonwa Opeoluwa's "The Victim of the Silent Void," a play set in Nigeria. Like the Deaf Way II conference itself, the authors are truly an international group, reporting their experiences from various locations around the globe.

Most of us have no idea how hard the Deaf have to work to function in the hearing world; we just expect that everyone understands and speaks "English". This book is an EXCELLENT primer for those of us who want to understand what it's like to be Deaf. The stories and essays tell uplifting and sometimes heart-wrenching tales of the Deaf community's chanllenges and triumphs. Buy it. Read it. You'll have a new respect for the Deaf community.