‘Be fearless’: Deaf Sask. author, playwright wants to dispel assumptions about disabled people in fiction
USask graduate Dr. Adam Pottle (PhD’16) to appear at McNally Robinson in Saskatoon on Aug. 22
By By John Loeppky |CBC NewsAdam Pottle does not stick to one type of writing.
The British Columbia-born, Saskatoon-based artist’s pursuits include children’s book author, post-secondary educator, playwright, memoirist, and leader among Deaf and disabled cultural communities. To date, his published catalogue includes a memoir, multiple novels, a book of poetry and two plays.
Switching styles like this is a key part of his creative process.
“I have a very, very short attention span, and as a result, I have a tendency to do what I call genre-hopping. So I go from memoir, to children’s books, to plays, to horror fiction, and go back and forth like that,” Pottle told CBC.
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