Deaf in a City of Music

by Poppy O'Guin Steele

What happens to someone who can't hear the music in a City of Music? A city where Deaf means something is broken and needs to be fixed? Where the home of the great Johnny Cash has never heard of Beethoven's Nightmare? The Deaf children in the City of Music are screaming to be heard. The moral behind the Joe Paterno case has not yet been learned from that grim tale. This is not a gripe session, but an awakening to the abuse and neglect of thousands of Deaf American children. Americans who shop in our stores, sit in our classrooms, die in our hospitals, and waste away in our prisons. This is a call to arms. This is a story of too many Deaf children in America.

150 pages, Paperback

Published March 22, 2016

Reviews

[Heather Slighter · Rating 4 out of 5]

‘Deaf in a City of Music’ by Poppy O’Guin Steele. I loved this book! It is an informative book that chronicles deaf culture, education, abuse and language of the Deaf. Even though I’ve been part of this community for over 20 years, her writing impacted me greatly! Poppy wrote from her heart and intent was to educate people on the Deaf community. There were parts of great joy in the stories she shared but many heartbreaking tales of abuse done to Deaf children. #localauthor

[Eclarep · Rating 1 out of 5]

I am not yet finished with this book but i wonder how anybody could rate it highly. The writing is terrible, the author talks about interpreting despite not being certified but keeps doing it even though it is a huge disservice to the Dead and denies people a certified interpreter.
I'm Deaf and I know that despite having a cochlear implant and knowing ASL, I'm not qualified to interpret in my job in the ER.
The writing its shop simplistic. (Not a quote from the book but this is the level off writing sophistication, "A Deaf person was Angry that her parents left her in the author's care for a weekend and the angry person scared my son...but my husband protected me from a sobbing teenager whose family abandoned her so they could enjoy July 4th. It was scary tho see a sad and angry teenager."

[Ranada Givens · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was simply AMAZING!!! I absolutely Loved it. While is was amazing, it was also very heartbreaking at times. A very informative read. I would say that this is a must read for anybody who, like myself, plan on going into the interpreting profession and working with deaf and hard of hearing people. This book just made me want to graduate even more and jump in. As interpreters we are not only there to do a job and provide communication between the hearing world and the deaf world, but we are also advocates for the deaf and for ourselves and our profession. I am so glad I listened to this book. Definitely on the favorites of 2018.