My Dyslexia

The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet recounts his difficult early years suffering from undiagnosed dyslexia when he was put in the dummy class at school and didn't learn to read until age 11 but went on to achieve success as a writer.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Philip Schultz is the author of nine poetry collections, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning Failure. The founder and director of The Writers Studio, he has been teaching creative writing since 1971. He lives in East Hampton, New York.

Zusammenfassung

“A success story . . . proof that one can rise above the disease and defy its so-called limitations on the brain.”—Daily Beast

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Philip Schultz, Schultz Philip
• Verlag: Norton
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.11.2012
• EAN: 9780393343427
• ISBN: 978-0-393-34342-7
• Seiten: 128
• Gewicht: 166 g
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, Memoirs, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disability