No Walls of Stone

By Jill Jepson

Book Overview

No Walls of Stone is a unique collection of short fiction, essays, verse, and drama entirely by deaf and hard of hearing writers. This volume presents a rich variety of superb work by such well-known authors as Robert Panara, Anne McDonald, David Wright, and Jack Clemo, and exciting contributions by other previously unpublished, gifted writers.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156368019X
• ISBN13: 9781563680199
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Worthy Anthology, Unique and Good Reading

As a contributor to the book (short story, "Inner Ears"), my review obviously does not include my own work. This book is unique, edited by an anthropologist who was looking not for one story, but a compendium of views and feelings of many people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Jill Jepsen (editor) looks not at a "deaf culture" but at many experiences with deafness, a generous decision. Some deaf people live with signing, others with hearing aids and other mechanical devices, some with tinnitus and some without. Jepsen knows there is no ONE deaf culture, but many individuals who experience their handicap by fight or flight. Helen Keller said if she could have one sense back it would be hearing--blindness separates one from things; hearing separates one from people. Keller's view threads this anthology: the separation from people is the hardest part of deafness. This anthology is a remarkable compilation, in my humble opinion.