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    #86: An Immigrant in the Country of the Blind

    September 13th, 2023 · 54 minutes

    Andrew Leland's memoir "The Country of the Blind" tells a story about his ongoing journey into vision loss. It's also a history of blindness, and blindness tech, with stops along the way to unpack the literary deployments of vision loss by other writers.

    Guest Starring: Andrew Leland

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