Stories tagged deafness

Jumper

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She was the fifth jumper in as many years, anonymous, shabbily dressed, shredded by the oncoming subway train. She had waited for the 9:23 express, the train that blasts through without slowing.

Speak

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She can still be normal, says Momma, knowing my sister can’t hear, forgetting I can.

Xs and Os

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Momma pointed out our paintings on the walls, the signs we had learned, but when Daddy saw our friends, their wheelchairs, braces on their legs, he left...