BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3371-f13e730adb3397e33913f5d6ef6ab407@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260415T223426Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230410T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230410T170000 SUMMARY:A Conversation with Author John Hendrickson DESCRIPTION:\nIn the fall of 2019\, \; John Hendrickson wrote a grou ndbreaking story for The Atlantic about Joe Biden&rsquo\;s decades-long journey with stuttering\, as well as his own. The article went viral\, r eaching readers around the world and altering the course of Hendrickson& rsquo\;s life. Overnight\, he was forced to publicly confront an element of himself that still caused him pain. He soon learned he wasn&rsquo\;t alone: strangers who stutter began sending him their own personal stori es\, something that continues to this day. Now\, in this reported memoir \, Hendrickson takes us deep inside the mind and heart of a stutterer as he sets out to answer lingering questions about himself and his conditi on that he was often too afraid to ask. In Life on Delay: Making Peace w ith a Stutter\, Hendrickson writes candidly about issues that he and oth er stutterers face daily. He explores the intricate family dynamics surr ounding his own stutter and revisits key people from his past in unguard ed interviews. Readers get an over-the-shoulder view of his childhood\; his career as a journalist\, which once seemed impossible\; and his sear ch for a romantic partner. Along the way\, Hendrickson guides us through the evolution of speech therapy\, the controversial quest for a "\; magic pill"\; to end stuttering\, and the burgeoning self-help movem ent within the stuttering community. Beyond his own experiences\, he sha res portraits of fellow stutterers who have changed his life\, and he wr ites about a pioneering doctor who is upending the field of speech thera py. Life on Delay is an indelible account of perseverance\, a soulful na rrative about not giving up\, and a glimpse into the process of making p eace with our past and present selves.\n\nThe event is sponsored by the Department of English\, Department of Communication Arts and Sciences\, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders\, Intercollege Minor in Civic and Community Engagement\, and Penn State University Libraries. \n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/engl_john-hendrick son/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

In the fall of 2019,  John Hendrickson wrote a groundbreaking story for The Atl antic about Joe Biden’s decades-long journey with stuttering, as well as his own. The article went viral, reaching readers around the world and altering the course of Hendrickson’s life. Overnight, he was forced to publicly confront an element of himself that still caused him pain. He soon learned he wasn’t alone: strangers who stutter began sending him their own personal stories, something that continues t o this day. Now, in this reported memoir, Hendrickson takes us deep insi de the mind and heart of a stutterer as he sets out to answer lingering questions about himself and his condition that he was often too afraid t o ask. In Life on Delay: Making Peace with a Stutter, Hendrickson writes candidly about issues that he and other stutterers face daily. H e explores the intricate family dynamics surrounding his own stutter and revisits key people from his past in unguarded interviews. Readers get an over-the-shoulder view of his childhood; his career as a journalist, which once seemed impossible; and his search for a romantic partner. Alo ng the way, Hendrickson guides us through the evolution of speech therap y, the controversial quest for a "magic pill" to end stutterin g, and the burgeoning self-help movement within the stuttering community . Beyond his own experiences, he shares portraits of fellow stutterers w ho have changed his life, and he writes about a pioneering doctor who is upending the field of speech therapy. Life on Delay is an indeli ble account of perseverance, a soulful narrative about not giving up, an d a glimpse into the process of making peace with our past and present s elves.

The event is sponsored by the Department of English, Dep artment of Communication Arts and Sciences, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Intercollege Minor in Civic and Community Engage ment, and Penn State University Libraries.

For more details: < a href='https://events.la.psu.edu/event/engl_john-hendrickson/'>https:// events.la.psu.edu/event/engl_john-hendrickson/

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