{"product_id":"have-dog-will-travel-a-poets-journey-9781451689808","title":"Have Dog, Will Travel: A Poet's Journey","description":"In a lyrical love letter to guide dogs everywhere, a blind poet shares his delightful story of how a guide dog changed his life and helped him discover a newfound appreciation for travel and independence.Stephen Kuusisto was born legally blind--but he was also raised in the 1950s and taught to deny his blindness in order to \"pass\" as sighted. Stephen attended public school, rode a bike, and read books pressed right up against his nose. As an adult, he coped with his limited vision by becoming a professor in a small college town, memorizing routes for all of the places he needed to be. Then, at the age of thirty-eight, he was laid off. With no other job opportunities in his vicinity, he would have to travel to find work. This is how he found himself at Guiding Eyes, paired with a Labrador named Corky. In this vivid and lyrical memoir, Stephen Kuusisto recounts how an incredible partnership with a guide dog changed his life and the heart-stopping, wondrous adventure that began for him in midlife. Profound and deeply moving, this is a spiritual journey, the story of discovering that life with a guide dog is both a method and a state of mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKuusisto, Stephen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Stephen Kuusisto is the author of the memoirs \u003ci\u003eHave Dog, Will Travel; Planet of the Blind \u003c\/i\u003e(a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \"Notable Book of the Year\"); and \u003ci\u003eEavesdropping: A Memoir of Blindness and Listening\u003c\/i\u003e and of the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eOnly Bread, Only Light \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLetters to Borges\u003c\/i\u003e. A graduate of the Iowa Writer's Workshop and a Fulbright Scholar, he has taught at the University of Iowa, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and Ohio State University. He currently teaches at Syracuse University where he holds a professorship in the Center on Human Policy, Law, and Disability Studies. He is a frequent speaker in the US and abroad. His website is StephenKuusisto.com.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50670687027474,"sku":"9781451689808","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d5239afd-f60e-4571-ad11-fea35c583c5d.jpg?v=1733787252","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/have-dog-will-travel-a-poets-journey-9781451689808","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}