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ANTROBUS RAYMOND THE QUIET EAR

A groundbreaking exploration of deafness by the award-winning poet Raymond Antrobus.   
**PRE-ORDER NOW**   A memoir. A cultural history. A call to action.    'This book left me
transformed' CALEB AZUMAH NELSON 'A tender triumph' EMMA WARREN  'Read this book' LEMN SISSAY 
'Destined to become a modern classic' ROGER ROBINSON   'Changed how I will move through the
world' CLINT SMITH   Raymond Antrobus was first diagnosed as deaf at the age of six. He
discovered he had missing sounds - bird calls  whistles  kettles  alarms. Teachers thought he
was slow and disruptive  some didn't believe he was deaf at all.   The Quiet Ear tells the
story of Raymond's upbringing at the intersection of race and disability. Growing up in East
London to an English mother and Jamaican father  educated in both mainstream and deaf schooling
systems  Raymond explores the shame of miscommunication and the joy of finding community  and
shines a light on the decline of deaf education in Britain.  Throughout  Raymond sets his story
alongside those of other D deaf cultural figures  from painters to silent film stars  poets to
performers - the inspiring models of D deaf creativity he did not have growing up.   The Quiet
Ear is a groundbreaking and much-needed examination of deafness. A memoir  a cultural history 
a call to action.   'Brilliant' SEÁN HEWITT   'A marvel' ILYA KAMINSKY  'Expansive  generous
and massively tender' HANIF ABDURRAQIB   'Powerful and important' ANDREW LELAND  'Lyrical 
moving and powerful' ALICE WONG

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