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Josh Swiller

Zen monk, author, journalist

Josh Swiller, deaf since age 4, is a bestselling author and an award-winning journalist. His first book, The Unheard: A Memoir of Deafness and Africa was published in 2007. He has had a wide variety of careers, including forest ranger, raw food chef, sheepskin slipper salesman and Zen monk. He was an assistant professor and a special assistant at Gallaudet University from 2008 to '11. His website is joshswiller.com.

September 27, 2014

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