The Quiet Ear

<p><b>From award-winning poet, educator, artist and 2026 Booker Prize judge, a groundbreaking memoir about family, identity, history and language.<Br></b><Br> <b>'A big-hearted, transformative memoir' <i>New York Times</i></b><Br> <b>'A quiet revolution'<i> Irish Times</i></b><Br><b>'Searing . . . often heart-rending'<i> Guardian</i></b><Br><Br>Raymond Antrobus was diagnosed as deaf at the age of six. He discovered he had missing sounds - bird calls, whistles, kettles, alarms. Teachers thought he was slow and disruptive, some didn't believe he was deaf at all.<Br><Br> <i>The Quiet Ear</i> tells his story - from childhood to fatherhood - and the stories of other D/deaf cultural figures, from painters to silent film stars, poets to performers - the inspiring models of D/deaf creativity Antrobus did not have growing up.<Br><Br> Told with the electrifying prose of a poet, this groundbreaking and moving memoir explores family, identity, history and language, and what it means to be in a world saturated with noise.<Br><Br><b>A <i>TIME</i> BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><Br><Br><b>'Should force readers to pause and reflect'<i> Independent</i></b><Br><b>'Wise, intimate and questing'<i> Telegraph</i><Br> 'Read this book' Lemn Sissay </b><Br><b>'An essential education' Safiya Sinclair</b><Br> <b>'Important, honest, eye-opening and beautifully written' Bernardine Evaristo</b><Br> <b>'A must read' Rose Ayling-Ellis</b><Br> <b>'A modern classic' Roger Robinson</b><Br> <b>'Changed the way I will move through the world' Clint Smith</b></p>