True Biz
by Sara Novic · first published 2022
100% recommend
True Biz is a detailed story from multiple points of view commentating and showing the first hand experiences of deaf teens though more importantly, the uniqueness of being deaf in a world made for hearing people.
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Ten Steps to Nanette, Hannah Gadsby - Autobiography of an Australian comedian I like. (If you like audiobooks, she reads it herself which is a treat.) True Biz, Sara Nović - A year in the life of a boarding school for the deaf. Upgrade, Blake Crouch Blindsight: The (Mostly) Hidden Ways Marketing Reshapes Our Brains, Matt Johnson & Prince Ghuman - Interesting…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2022 and recommend for 2023” ↗You might enjoy the book True Biz.
on “Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative” ↗I don’t have any practical suggestions for you but I recently read the novel “True Biz”[1] and it was a really great introduction to Deaf culture. I can’t remember the last time I learned so much from a work of fiction. The author also deliberately doesn’t use quotation marks so the formatting…
on “Ask HN: Help me help my deaf teammate” ↗Ten Steps to Nanette, Hannah Gadsby - Autobiography of an Australian comedian I like. (If you like audiobooks, she reads it herself which is a treat.) True Biz, Sara Nović - A year in the life of a boarding school for the deaf. Upgrade, Blake Crouch Blindsight: The (Mostly) Hidden Ways Marketing Reshapes Our Brains, Matt Johnson & Prince Ghuman - Interesting…
on “Ask HN: Best books read in 2022” ↗