Here is a belated listing of links mentioned and related to the September book club from Tuesday, September 23rd when we talked about the memoir of the first deaf NFL offensive lineman Derrick Coleman, Jr.: “No excuses: Growing up deaf and achieving my Superbowl Dreams.”(Nonfiction) By Derrick Coleman, Jr. We didn’t have the author attend this book club. The following are links and information related to the book club.
- Derrick Coleman, Jr.’s Packer’s webpage (he currently works for the Green Bay Packers assistant director of player engagement)
- Derrick Coleman, Jr. on Wikipedia
- We talked about how Deaf culture (in particular Gallaudet University) started using a technique that is now ubiquitous with American Football (and some other sports): The Huddle:
- A webpage listing Deaf and Hard of Hearing NFL players (including Coleman, Jr.)
- Coleman Jr.’s Duracell Commercial (from 2015 when he was in the Superbowl with the Seattle Seahawks)
- Coleman Jr. interviewed on Good Morning America to promote this memoir
The next book club date has been changed and a post about that will be up soon. October book club is now going to be on Wednesday, October 29th instead of Tuesday October 28th. Same time. A new Zoom registration link will be up shortly too. The book: “This Tender Land” (Fiction) by William Kent Krueger.