Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
To be Aphasian, Gifted, and Black: Expressions of Strength, An Anthology of Black Journeys Through Aphasia

To be Aphasian, Gifted, and Black: Expressions of Strength, An Anthology of Black Journeys Through Aphasia

Group, Aphasia Working

Paperback

Biographies GeneralHealth GeneralGeneral Education

Publisher Price: $24.99

ISBN13: 9798234140685
Publisher: Blurb
Published: Jul 13 2026
Pages: 126
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.34 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
To Be Aphasian, Gifted, and Black: Expressions of Strength, is an anthology of Black journeys through aphasia, bringing together the voices of stroke survivors, caregivers, clinicians, artists, and collaborators. Through personal narrative, poetry, prayer, reflection, visual art, and testimony, the volume explores what it means to live, heal, remember, communicate, and rebuild after aphasia. Rather than presenting aphasia only as a clinical condition, this collection foregrounds the fullness of Black life: family, faith, work, memory, community, humor, frustration, grief, creativity, and resilience. Contributors reflect on the challenges of losing or reshaping language, but they also insist on identity beyond diagnosis. Their stories show that communication does not end when speech changes; it takes new forms through images, gestures, relationships, spiritual practice, and shared care. Together, these chapters create a powerful record of survival and self-definition. The anthology honors Black people with aphasia not as marginal voices, but as authors, artists, teachers, advocates, and witnesses to their own lives.

Also in

General Education

View All