Andy Fenwick and Joel Korte join Peter Reitzes to discuss Black Swan Green by the British writer David Mitchell.
Black Swan Green takes place in early 1980s England and is narrated by Jason Taylor, a 13 year old boy who stammers (stutters). One reviewer has referred to Black Swan Green as “Britain’s Catcher in the Rye.” Prominent themes are bullying, being different, divorce and family relationships and underlying all of this is Jason’s stammering.
The author, David Mitchell, is a person who stammers (in Britain, stammering means stuttering). Using the voice of Jason Taylor, Mr. Mitchell has created perhaps the finest fictional account of stuttering , or more to the point, of avoiding stuttering.
Check out this really great blog post titled the Black Swan Green Soundtrack which discusses the music and songs mentioned in the novel.
Andy Fenwick has an MFA in poetry from Sarah Lawrence College, has published poems & fiction-reviews in numerous literary journals, and is a current contributor of author profiles and novel reviews to Benet’s Reader’s Encyclopedia, 5th edition (Harper Collins).
Joel Korte is a “B Team” co-host, a person who stutters and attends a masters program for Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Minnesota on a part-time basis. He attained his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN in 2007. He currently works as a design engineer for ZVEX Effects, a highly regarded guitar effects pedal company, and is a musician in a Minneapolis based band, Ghost Towns of the West.
The StutterTalk B Team put together yet another awesome stuttering episode.
CARYN HERRING, JOEL KORTE, and ROISIN MCMANUS (the Stuttertalk “B Team”) catch up on each other lives in their first episode together since attending together the National Stuttering Association annual conference. Roisin talks about her plans to go back to speech therapy, and the group discusses the trials and tribulations that can go along with the process of change.
BOB “the Expert” QUESAL and ALINA DAVIS join the B Team (pictured below) from the annual National Stuttering Association (NSA) conference in Fort Worth, Texas. This is the B Team’s third and final episode from the conference – it was recorded and posted on July 9th 2011.
ALEX BURDAY and ALEX SPIRER join the StutterTalk B Team from the annual National Stuttering Association (NSA) conference in Fort Worth, Texas. This episode was recorded and posted on July 8th 2011.
CARYN HERRING, JOEL KORTE, and ROISIN MCMANUS (the Stuttertalk “B Team”) are joined by Alex B. and Alex S. who are both “first timers” at the NSA. StutterTalk would like to thank the National Stuttering Association for all of their support and assistance in making these episodes from the NSA annual conference possible. During this episode the team discusses their favorite workshops, the experience of attending the NSA for the first time, how impressed they were with Neal Jeffrey’s keynote address, avoidance reduction, remembering childhood, when parents chase fluency and so much more.
This is the first B Team episode from the annual National Stuttering Association (NSA) conference in Fort Worth, Texas. This episode was recorded and posted on July 7th 2011. StutterTalk plans to publish B Team episodes on July 8th and 9th as well so keep checking the site! 819 people are attending this year’s conference. Way to go NSA!
CARYN HERRING, JOEL KORTE, and ROISIN MCMANUS (the Stuttertalk “B Team”) talk about some of their favorite memories from the self-help conferences coming up in July, including the NSA Conference and the Friends conference. They wrap up the show by talking about the “Post NSA Blues,” a feeling of sadness they’ve had after returning home to the real world after wonderful experiences at self-help conferences.
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18 Sep 2011
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Andy Fenwick and Joel Korte join Peter Reitzes to discuss Black Swan Green by the British writer David Mitchell.
Black Swan Green takes place in early 1980s England and is narrated by Jason Taylor, a 13 year old boy who stammers (stutters). One reviewer has referred to Black Swan Green as “Britain’s Catcher in the Rye.” Prominent themes are bullying, being different, divorce and family relationships and underlying all of this is Jason’s stammering.
The author, David Mitchell, is a person who stammers (in Britain, stammering means stuttering). Using the voice of Jason Taylor, Mr. Mitchell has created perhaps the finest fictional account of stuttering , or more to the point, of avoiding stuttering.
Check out this really great blog post titled the Black Swan Green Soundtrack which discusses the music and songs mentioned in the novel.
Andy Fenwick has an MFA in poetry from Sarah Lawrence College, has published poems & fiction-reviews in numerous literary journals, and is a current contributor of author profiles and novel reviews to Benet’s Reader’s Encyclopedia, 5th edition (Harper Collins).
Joel Korte is a “B Team” co-host, a person who stutters and attends a masters program for Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Minnesota on a part-time basis. He attained his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN in 2007. He currently works as a design engineer for ZVEX Effects, a highly regarded guitar effects pedal company, and is a musician in a Minneapolis based band, Ghost Towns of the West.