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Memories of Pan-Yugo Angst
I was on the Dalmatian coast in July of 2008 when we got word that, after twelve years as an international fugitive, Radovan Karadžić had been arrested. It was a particularly hot spell, one that even...
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At Home in Deaf Culture: Storytelling in an Un-Writable Language
Over the years I have developed a habit of looking behind strangers’ ears to check for hearing aids. I often do it on the subway though I know I shouldn’t—I have been on the receiving-end of lingering...
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Who Can Speak for the Deaf Community?
Funny how a single well-intentioned note can derail your day. Usually I avoid looking at my email when I am trying to write, but somehow, last Wednesday, it happened—I peeked—and was pleasantly...
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America’s Enduring Pastime: Baseball, Misogyny, and Reading The Natural
As a child, I was an insomniac. Sometimes my asthma kept me from sleep, and I’d wait upright in bed for my medicine to kick in and fall asleep sitting up. More often I was gripped by a fear of robbers...
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