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Learn moreA heartfelt and inspiring memoir and celebration of Deaf culture by Nyle DiMarco, actor, producer, two-time reality show winner, and cultural icon of the international Deaf community
Before becoming the actor, producer, advocate, and model that people know today, Nyle DiMarco was half of a pair of Deaf twins born to a multi-generational Deaf family in Queens, New York. At the hospital one day after he was born, Nyle āfailedā his first testāa hearing testāto the joy and excitement of his parents.
In this engrossing memoir, Nyle shares stories, both heartbreaking and humorous, of what it means to navigate a world built for hearing people. From growing up in a rough-and-tumble childhood in Queens with his big and loving Italian-American family to where he is now, Nyle has always been driven to explore beyond the boundaries given him. A college math major and athlete at Gallaudetāthe famed university for the Deaf in Washington, DCāNyle was drawn as a young man to acting, and dove headfirst into the reality show competitionsĀ Americaās Next Top ModelĀ andĀ Dancing with the Starsāultimately winning both competitions.
Deaf UtopiaĀ is more than a memoir, it is a cultural anthemāa proud and defiant song of Deaf culture and a love letter to American Sign Language, Nyleās primary language. Through his stories and those of his Deaf brothers, parents, and grandparents, Nyle opens many windows into the Deaf experience.
Deaf UtopiaĀ is intimate, suspenseful, hilarious, eye-opening, and smartāboth a memoir and a celebration of what makes Deaf culture unique and beautiful.
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Advocate, producer, actor, and model Nyle DiMarco has been breaking down barriers and winning over audiences since 2014, when he was a fan favorite on cycle 22 of Americaās Next Top Model and became the second male winner and first Deaf contestant on the series. The following year, partnered with Peta Murgatroyd, he took home the coveted mirror ball trophy on season 22 of ABCās Dancing with the Stars. Nyleās acting credits include roles on Difficult People, Switched at Birth, This Close, and Station 19 and he served as executive producer on the Netflix docuseries Deaf U. He is passionate in his work as founder of The Nyle DiMarco Foundation, which focuses on bilingual education and aims to improve access to accurate information about early language acquisition. He lives in Washington, DC.
A frequent writing collaborator of Nyleās, Robert Siebert is also the author of the story āChocolate Chip,ā published in Deaf Lit Extravaganza, which was edited by celebrated DeafBlind poet John Lee Clark. Robert holds degrees from Gallaudet University and resides in Maryland with his fiancĆ©e and their two boys.