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"A collection of poems by Stephen Kuusisto"--

About the author

Stephen Kuusisto is the author of the poetry collections Only Bread, Only Light, Letters to Borges, Old Horse, What Is to Be Done? and, most recently, Someone Falls Overboard: Talking Through Poems with Ralph James Savarese. His memoir Planet of the Blind was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and has since been followed by Eavesdropping: A Memoir of Blindness and Listening and Have Dog, Will Travel: A Poet’s Journey. A Guggenheim fellow and Fulbright Scholar, Kuusisto has appeared on numerous television and radio programs including The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dateline, All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, and Animal Planet. His daily blog, Planet of the Blind, is read globally by people interested in disability and contemporary culture. Kuusisto directs The Burton Blatt Institute’s interdisciplinary programs  in disability at Syracuse University, where he holds a University Professorship.

Product details

• Authors: Kuusisto Stephen
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.06.2025
• EAN: 9781556596896
• ISBN: 978-1-55659-689-6
• No. of pages: 128
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Poetry, POETRY / American / General, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Places, Places and peoples: general and pictorial works