Author: Brendan Udkovich Stern
-
The Divine Madness of One Thousand Courses
Mike Finneran has played golf in 40 states and 10 countries, won more than 50 Deaf tournaments, and made five hole-in-ones. This October, he will tee it up at his 1,000th course, and continue to teach us how to live.
-
The Best “Mostly” Non-Fiction of 2024–25
Here is why you should read Troubled, Trust, The Boys of Riverside, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, and Articulate.
-
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.
-
Why Heterodoxy Needs Deaf America: An Interview with Free the Inquiry
In an interview, I make the case that Deaf America matters to heterodoxy itself and to the future of American democracy.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
Best Non-Fiction of 2020 (and Honorable Mentions)
For all of the anxieties of 2020, it could have been worse if not for those books that kept me awake deep into the year.
-
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.
Brendan Stern 