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Philip Schultz

My Dyslexia

Philip Schultz

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English
WW Norton & Co
09 November 2012
Memoirs; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary studies: poetry & poets; Disability: social aspects
Despite winning the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2008, Philip Schultz could never shake the feeling of being exiled to the ""dummy class"" in school, where he was largely ignored by his teachers and peers and not expected to succeed. Not until many years later, when his oldest son was diagnosed with dyslexia, did Schultz realize that he suffered from the same condition.

In his moving memoir, Schultz traces his difficult childhood and his new understanding of his early years. In doing so, he shows how a boy who did not learn to read until he was eleven went on to become a prize-winning poet by sheer force of determination. His balancing act—life as a member of a family with not one but two dyslexics, countered by his intellectual and creative successes as a writer—reveals an inspiring story of the strengths of the human mind.
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Imprint:   WW Norton & Co
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 203mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 10mm
Weight:   156g
ISBN:   9780393343427
ISBN 10:   0393343421
Pages:   122
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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.

Reviews for My Dyslexia

Will illuminate and inspire not just dyslexics and poets, but anyone struggling, in any hour, with his or her own body or mind's seeming indifference to human volition, creativity, and desire. Chronicle of Higher Education A success story...proof that one can rise above the disease and defy its so-called limitations on the brain. Daily Beast Featured in The Sunday Times magazine.


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