Author: Brendan Udkovich Stern
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Debate, Not Silence: Why Confronting Controversial Issues is Essential to Equity
Gallaudet’s debate with Georgetown about curing deafness reminds us that progress requires opponents, not echoes.
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Why Heterodoxy Needs Deaf America: An Interview with Free the Inquiry
Heterodoxy is how Gallaudet stands out, how Deaf America survives, and how the country breathes.
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Oma
In a desperate attempt to remember Oma’s special essence, I thought I would compile some favorite memories and the lessons she taught about living a life worth living.
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Best Non-Fiction of 2023 (and Honorable Mentions)
As depressing as 2023 was, it would have been far worse if not for these books, which kept me thinking and laughing throughout.
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Political Truths, According to My 8-Year-Old Son
In the spirit of Vivek Ramaswamy’s “sacred and undeniable truths,” here are five truths about the 2024 presidential election, according to my 8-year-old.
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Climbing Everest and Saving Democracy: Scott and Shayna’s Courage in a Cowardly Age
Want to save U.S. democracy? Cultivate more courageous citizens like Scott Lehmann and Shayna Unger who dare to be different.
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Best Non-Fiction of 2022 (and Honorable Mentions)
Think 2022 was strange? It would have been stranger for me if not for those non-fiction books.
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40 for 40: What I Wish I’d Known at 20
Here are 40 counterintuitive things I wish I’d known when I was 20.
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Best Nonfiction of 2021 (and Honorable Mentions)
For the fourth year in a row, here are five of the best nonfiction books I’ve read in the past 365 days.
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Passing Gas While Deaf
I suppose there are two kinds of people in the world: those who deliberate whether they should say “pardon me”, and those who are deaf.
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Best Non-Fiction of 2020 (and Honorable Mentions)
For all of the anxieties of 2020, it could have been worse if not for those non-fiction books that kept me awake, thinking and feeling, deep into the year.
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Best Non-Fiction of 2019
This is why you should read Sprawlball, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, King of the World and Man’s Search for Meaning.
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Opa
I thought I would put on paper my favorite memories of James Maurice Stern, who passed away recently but will always remain “Opa” in my heart.
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Progress, Pessimism, and Passion in the Deaf Community
What could explain the juxtaposition between the historic success of the Deaf community and its tribal anxiety today?
Brendan Stern 