A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to sit in a room full of people who stutter. Packed like sardines onto long cafeteria tables, our attention was directed to a YouTube video played explicitly on our behalf. What followed was a solid twenty-minute or so Ted Talk led by Nigerian non-fiction writer and author, …
“You. Will. Not. Stutter. Once…” Five words I used to whisper, with enough force to mimic a command. I coined the phrase in college, repeating it prior to any of my spoken performances. Shockingly, fluency would come during shows, after only a moment or two of having to act the jitters out of me. It …
It’s all too easy to reference the inner fear currently pervading President Joe Biden’s newly inherited America. Luckily, for those of us who choose to back him, our 46th president is no stranger to the sensation of dread. As I write this, I’m continuing to paint my own reimagining of a distant memory relayed by …
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I’ve always defined stuttering as.. A discord between one’s thoughts, and the journey they take to exit one’s mouth. In my description, I tried to touch upon both the physiological and mental/emotional implications of stuttering. Both are important. So, so important. Like, more important than getting another Die Hard. (Yeah, let that register) However, thinking …