Thank you to those who joined us for our April Book Club on April 25th when we discussed the novel “True Biz” by Sara Novic. See below for a list of links mentioned during Book Club and links related to the book, author and potential future topics.

Our next book club will be on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 and we are discussing the memoir “What’s that pig outdoors: Memoir of Deafness” by Henry Kisor (nonfiction/memoir) BARD/NLS: Yes,  Braille: BR 08392; BARD: DB 31492. 

The book from Tuesday night was “True Biz“ by Sara Novic:

• Amazon link to True Biz book
• New York Times Book Review of True Biz 
• Q and A with author Sara Novic
• Video Book Review of True Biz
• Meet the author video (Sara Novic)
• Author video podcast interview (Sara Novic)

Related topics discussed:

• HLAA Convention is in New Orleans this summer and the topic is music
• In the novel Alexander Graham Bell and his history with deaf people was mentioned. HLAA recently posted about the development of an opera about Bell “Composer Richard Einhorn—past chair of the HLAA board of directors & vocal Hearing Health advocate—is developing a new opera based on the life of Alexander Graham Bell. ‘Bell’ explores how the telephone inventor’s relationships with his deaf mother & wife influenced his fascination with sound.” https://bit.ly/bellopera
• A nonfiction book on Bell that I found: “The Invention of Miracles: Language, Power, and Alexander Graham Bell’s Quest to End Deafness” by Katie Bell https://tinyurl.com/5afw8ape 

General reading on Bell:

• https://www.belllegacy.org/articles/alexander-graham-bell-deaf-community/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell 

Other topics mentioned to look into:

• Gallaudet
• Clerc
• Milan conference of 1880
• Controversies in deaf community