{"title":"John Lee Clark","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Lee Clark’s work explores the intricate connections between communication and human experience, offering profound reflections through titles like \u003cem\u003eHow to Communicate\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTouch the Future\u003c\/em\u003e. His writing invites readers to engage with language and expression in ways that challenge conventional understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSituated at the crossroads of \u003cstrong\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eEducation \u0026amp; Reference\u003c\/strong\u003e, Clark's books provide insightful perspectives that enrich discussions on accessibility, identity, and the arts. His thoughtful approach makes these works valuable for readers interested in deepening their appreciation of communication and cultural expression.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"how-to-communicate-by-john-lee-clark-9781324074793","title":"How to Communicate","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormally restless and relentlessly instructive, \u003cem\u003eHow to Communicate\u003c\/em\u003e is a dynamic journey through language, community, and the unfolding of an identity. Poet John Lee Clark pivots from inventive forms inspired by the Braille slate to sensuous prose poems to incisive erasures that find new narratives in nineteenth-century poetry. Calling out the limitations of the literary canon, Clark includes pathbreaking translations from American Sign Language and Protactile, a language built on touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow to Communicate\u003c\/em\u003e embraces new linguistic possibilities that emanate from Clark's unique perspective and his connection to an expanding, inclusive activist community. Amid the astonishing task of constructing a new canon, the poet reveals a radically commonplace life. He explores grief and the vagaries of family, celebrates the small delights of knitting and visiting a museum, and, once, encounters a ghost in a gas station. Counteracting the assumptions of the sighted and hearing world with humour and grace, Clark finds beauty in the revelations of communicating through touch: \"All things living and dead cry out to me \/ when I touch them.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA rare work of transformation and necessary discovery, \u003cem\u003eHow to Communicate\u003c\/em\u003e is a brilliant debut that insists on the power of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47424288686316,"sku":"9781324074793","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781324074793.jpg?v=1774768713"},{"product_id":"touch-the-future-by-john-lee-clark-9781324035367","title":"Touch the Future","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn Deaf into an ASL-speaking family and blind by adolescence, John Lee Clark learned to embrace the possibilities of his tactile world. 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He offers a brief history of the term \"DeafBlind,\" distills societal discrimination against DeafBlind people into \"Distantism\", sheds light on the riches of online community, and advocates for \"Co-Navigation,\" a new way of exploring the world together without a traditional guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTouch the Future\u003c\/em\u003e brims with passion, energy, humour, and imagination as Clark takes us by the hand and welcomes us into the exciting landscape of Protactile communication. 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