Josephine Dickinson

Freelance

Josephine Dickinson is a poet and musician who has been deaf since childhood. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker and The Poetry Review, among others. Her books include Silence Fell (2007) and Night Journey (2008).

Written by Josephine Dickinson

Close-up of a water droplet hanging from a faucet with a blurred background.

essayIllness and disease

The cochlear switch

And so I entered a new world where every tap, squeak, clang, whisper and consonant exploded and sizzled inside my head

Josephine Dickinson