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02637aam a2200313 4500 001 4244F988B50611EEB233F11920ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240117010048 020 $a 9798200886562 040 $d SILO 100 $a Dimarco, Nyle / Siebert, Robert 245 $a Deaf Utopia: $h MP3 CD $b A Memoir--And a Love Letter to a Way of Life 250 $a MP3-CD 264 1 $a Ashland $b Blackstone Pub $c 2022 300 $a 2 discs (approx. 11 hours) 500 $a MP3 CD Format 500 $a A heartfelt and inspiring memoir and Deaf culture anthem by Nyle DiMarco, actor, producer, two-time reality show winner, and cultural icon of the international Deaf community. 511 $a Narrated by Dan Bittner 520 $a Before becoming the actor, producer, advocate, and model that people know today, Nyle DiMarco was half of a pair of Deaf twins born to a multi-generational Deaf family in Queens, New York. At the hospital one day after he was born, Nyle "failed" his first test--a hearing test--to the joy and excitement of his parents. 520 $a In this moving and engrossing memoir, Nyle shares stories, both heartbreaking and humorous, of what it means to navigate a world built for hearing people. From growing up in a rough-and-tumble childhood in Queens with his big and loving Italian-American family to where he is now, Nyle has always been driven to explore beyond the boundaries given him. 520 $a A college math major and athlete at Gallaudet--the famed university for the Deaf in Washington, DC--Nyle was drawn as a young man to acting, and dove headfirst into the reality show competitions America's Next Top Model and Dancing with the Stars--ultimately winning both competitions. 520 $a Deaf Utopia is more than a memoir, it is a cultural anthem--a proud and defiant song of Deaf culture and a love letter to American Sign Language, Nyle's primary language. Through his stories and those of his Deaf brothers, parents, and grandparents, Nyle opens many windows into the Deaf experience. 520 $a Deaf Utopia is intimate, suspenseful, hilarious, eye-opening, and smart--both a memoir and a celebration of what makes Deaf culture unique and beautiful. 650 $a Nonfiction $x Audiobooks. $y Biography/Autobiography $z BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / People with Disabilities 600 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs $x Memoirs $y LGBTQ+ Biographies $z Biographies of People with Disabilities 008 s2022 941 $a 1 952 $l EYPC755 $d 20240117011940.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4244F988B50611EEB233F11920ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search