Copy of Rachel Kolb Lecture: "Writing My Deaf Life: Narrating the Complications of ASL/English Bilingualism'

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Join NTID in welcoming author Rachel Kolb to campus. Kolb is a writer whose work explores communication, language, and disability as central components of human experience. Her first book is Articulate: A Deaf Memoir of Voice (Ecco, 2025), which received starred reviews from both Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly. Her work has appeared in The New York Times and The Atlantic, among other publications.  

A graduate of Stanford University, she was the first signing deaf Rhodes scholar at Oxford before receiving her Ph.D. in English literature from Emory University and then completing a junior fellowship in the Society of Fellows at Harvard University.

"Writing My Deaf Life: Narrating the Complications of ASL/English Bilingualism' will detail Kolb's process of writing of Articulate. 

Talk to be followed by book signing, sponsored by Writers and Books.


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Kathryn Schmitz
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When and Where
February 24, 2026
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Room/Location: Dyer Arts Center
Parking Location: L Lot
Who

Open to the Public

CostFREE
Interpreter Requested?

Yes

Topics
deaf community