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Words Fail Us

by Jonty Claypole
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'TIMELY' David Mitchell

'MOVING ... REMARKABLE' SUNDAY TIMES
'ONE OF THOSE RARE BOOKS I HADN'T REASLISED I'D BEEN WAITING FOR UNTIL I READ IT.' Owen Sheers
'OPEN-MINDED, THOUGHTFUL AND WISE... A LIBERATING BOOK' Colm Toibin
In an age of polished TED talks and overconfident political oratory, success seems to depend upon charismatic public speaking. But what if hyper-fluency is not only unachievable but undesirable?
Jonty Claypole spent fifteen years of his life in and out of extreme speech therapy. From sessions with child psychologists to lengthy stuttering boot camps and exposure therapies, he tried everything until finally being told the words he'd always feared: 'We can't cure your stutter.' Those words started him on a journey towards not only making peace with his stammer but learning to use it to his advantage.
Here, Jonty argues that our obsession with fluency could be hindering, rather than helping, our creativity, authenticity and persuasiveness. Exploring other speech conditions, such as aphasia and Tourette's, and telling the stories of the 'creatively disfluent' - from Lewis Carroll to Kendrick Lamar - Jonty explains why it's time for us to stop making sense, get tongue tied and embrace the life-changing power of inarticulacy.

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Publisher: Profile

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  • Release date: January 14, 2021

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  • ISBN: 9781782835080
  • Release date: January 14, 2021

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  • ISBN: 9781782835080
  • File size: 511 KB
  • Release date: January 14, 2021

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Biography & Autobiography Medical Science Nonfiction

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English

'TIMELY' David Mitchell

'MOVING ... REMARKABLE' SUNDAY TIMES
'ONE OF THOSE RARE BOOKS I HADN'T REASLISED I'D BEEN WAITING FOR UNTIL I READ IT.' Owen Sheers
'OPEN-MINDED, THOUGHTFUL AND WISE... A LIBERATING BOOK' Colm Toibin
In an age of polished TED talks and overconfident political oratory, success seems to depend upon charismatic public speaking. But what if hyper-fluency is not only unachievable but undesirable?
Jonty Claypole spent fifteen years of his life in and out of extreme speech therapy. From sessions with child psychologists to lengthy stuttering boot camps and exposure therapies, he tried everything until finally being told the words he'd always feared: 'We can't cure your stutter.' Those words started him on a journey towards not only making peace with his stammer but learning to use it to his advantage.
Here, Jonty argues that our obsession with fluency could be hindering, rather than helping, our creativity, authenticity and persuasiveness. Exploring other speech conditions, such as aphasia and Tourette's, and telling the stories of the 'creatively disfluent' - from Lewis Carroll to Kendrick Lamar - Jonty explains why it's time for us to stop making sense, get tongue tied and embrace the life-changing power of inarticulacy.

Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography Medical Science Nonfiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Profile

    Kindle Book
    Release date: January 14, 2021

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781782835080
    Release date: January 14, 2021

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781782835080
    File size: 511 KB
    Release date: January 14, 2021

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  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English