Stephen Kuusisto: A Brief Bio
Professor Stephen Kuusisto, who has been blind since birth, is the author of the acclaimed memoir Planet of the Blind, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and Only Bread, Only Light, a collection of poems from Copper Canyon Press. Eavesdropping: A Memoir of Blindness and Listening, his most recent work, is to be published in September 2006.
Recognized by the New York Times as a powerful writer with a musical ear for language and a gift for emotional candor, Steve has made numerous appearances on programs including The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dateline NBC, National Public Radio and the BBC.
A graduate of the Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa, and a Fulbright Scholar, Steve now teaches in the Disabilities Studies program at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio where he also serves as a Fellow of the Moritz College of Law's Center for Interdisciplinary Law and Policy Studies. He is a member of the "core faculty" at the Rainier Writing Workshop, a low-residency MFA program in creative writing at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington.
Kuusisto's essays and poems have appeared in numerous anthologies and literary magazines including:
- Harper's
- The New York Times Magazine
- Poetry
- The Bark
- Partisan Review
He has appeared on:
- The Oprah Winfrey Show
- Dateline NBC
- The Leeza Gibbons Show
- The BBC
- The Voice of America
- Talk of the Nation on National Public Radio
- Animal Planet
- The Arts & Entertainment Network
Through Kaleidoscope Connections LLC, a company co-founded by he and his wife Connie, Steve speaks widely on diversity, disability, education, and public policy
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