Words fail us : in defence of disfluency
Claypole, Jonty2022
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In an age of polished TED talks and overconfident political oratory, success seems to depend upon charismatic public speaking. But what if hyper-fluency is not only unachievable but undesirable? Jonty Claypole spent fifteen years of his life in and out of extreme speech therapy. From sessions with child psychologists to lengthy stuttering boot camps and exposure therapies, he tried everything until finally being told the words he'd always feared: 'We can't cure your stutter.' Those words started him on a journey towards not only making peace with his stammer but learning to use it to his advantage. Here, Jonty argues that our obsession with fluency could be hindering, rather than helping, our creativity, authenticity, and persuasiveness.
Main title:
Words fail us : in defence of disfluency / Jonty Claypole.
Author:
Claypole, Jonty, authorWellcome Collection, issuing body
Imprint:
London : Wellcome Collection, 2022.
Collation:
344 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Profile Books, 2021.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781788161725 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1197859