A Memoir of Deafness and Africa

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Josh Swiller spent two trying years as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural Zambia. He's also deaf. In Mr. Swiller's new book, The Unheard, he writes about the joys and challenges he experienced as a deaf American working in a run-down health clinic and living in an impoverished village.

Events: Josh Swiller will be speaking and signing books
Thursday, October 25 at 7 pm
Inquiring Minds Bookstore
6 Church Street
New Paltz, NY

Josh Swiller will be speaking and signing books
Thursday, November 8 at 8 pm
Scarsdale Library
54 Olmsted Road
Scarsdale, NY

Josh Swiller will be speaking and signing books
Sunday, November 18 at 7 pm
The Sunday Salon
Stain Bar
766 Grand Street
Brooklyn, NY

The Unheard is available for purchase at amazon.com

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