The Writer Who Couldn’t Read

By John Farrier in Book & Literature on Jun 24, 2010 at 3:45 pm


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Howard Engel is an accomplished Canadian novelist. One day, he had a stroke and lost the ability to read — that is, his brain could no longer process text as a fixed reference. But Engel found that he could still write, even though, shortly after writing a piece of text, he was unable to read it. So Engel devised a way to use this remaining ability to regain his literacy. Cartoonist and animator Levni Yilmaz produced this video for National Public Radio explaining how Engel was able to do it.

Link via The Agitator | Levni Yilmaz | Previously: Tales of Mere Existence by Levni Yilmaz


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  1. CelticCatEyes
    Jun 24th, 2010 at 5:04 pm

    My husband and I enjoy watching Tales of Mere Existance. This was an interesting piece. Thank you for posting it. I just finished a teaching assistant position in a Introductory Psychology class, and find this very relevant.

  2. theleafs
    Jun 24th, 2010 at 5:29 pm

    very cool story…thanks for sharing

  3. The Nag
    Jun 24th, 2010 at 5:48 pm

    I’m a fan of Engel’s Cooperman mysteries. They take place in Grantham aka St. Catharines, the neighbouring big smoke.

  4. Chad
    Jun 24th, 2010 at 8:12 pm

    What kind of animation is used in the video? you can see a feint dot/hand(?) tracing very close to the lines…kinda looks like a carbon paper animation.

  5. Tek3D
    Jun 25th, 2010 at 9:35 am

    Very interesting story. I don’t know much about Engel and this video brings me a lot of information about him. Thanks.


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