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Poetry Reading and Book Signing with Michael Obel-Omia
January 22, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Michael’s book of poetry is an act of courage and of beauty. In Finding My Voice, Michael uses poems to render the experience of living with aphasia with tenderness, frustration, and eloquence. Aphasia changes our relationship to words, as both Michael and I know all too well. And yet a changed relationship is not a broken one, just like a life redirected by a singular traumatic event is not a broken one. Michael epitomizes so beautifully finding purpose in hardship, and I’m so grateful for the gift of this unforgettable collection of poems.” —Gabby Giffords, former Congresswoman