by Kevin Wolf The current president of the United State, Joseph “Joe” R. Biden, was bullied in his childhood because he stuttered; and leading up to the 2020 presidential election, there were many articles about that early bullying. For example, The Atlantic in their January/February 2020 issue included an article—which I recommend—by John Hendrickson called “What Joe Biden Can’t Bring Himself to Say: His verbal stumbles have voters worried about his mental fitness. Maybe they’d be more understanding if they knew he’s fighting a stutter.” The article’s author is also a person who stutters; he writes, “… I stutter,… Read More
Dumb: Living without a Voice
Book Review by Kevin Wolf If I had to give a one word description to this graphic work it would be “Loud” or if two words: “Brilliantly Loud.” Dumb: Living without a Voice, a Graphic Memoir by Georgia Webber is brilliant because it’s a very smart work and because it’s visually stunning. This work is in black and white, with the loudness coming from the orange/red portrayal of the author/artist’s and everyone else’s voice. This graphic work shows the changes, often wordlessly, that Ms. Webber goes through to recover from the loss of one of her essential characteristics: her voice…. Read More