Going Blind

Mara Faulkner , OSB, is Associate Professor of English at the College of St. Benedict. She is the author of Protest and Possibility in the Writing of Tillie Olsen and Born of Common Hungers: Benedictine Women in Search of Connections.

• Acknowledgments1. Blind Spot2. Blinders3. Blind: Out of sight, out of the way, secret, obscure4. Turn a Blind Eye5. Blind Faith6. Blind Prejudice7. Blind: Unable or unwilling to perceive or understand8. Blind: Insensible, unaware, lacking intelligence and consciousness, narrow-minded with no openings or passages for light9. Blind: To dazzle, to dim by excess of lightNotesSources

"…[a] beautiful book … a good read … thought-provoking." — H-Net Reviews (H-Disability)"…a memoir with many layers … Faulkner has clearly done extensive research and she expertly unfolds her findings and her confusions [sic]. She doesn't just tell readers about her experience, but invites them to share in making sense of her contemplations and discoveries. While this is not a light read, it is an extremely rewarding one." — Irish America"…this is not merely an autobiography, but a critical chronicle about multiple conceptions of 'blindness.' So, in Going Blind, the reader could also find a piece with ethnographic value—a book in which analysis of social behavior and fieldwork play core roles." — Metapsychology"An incredible story that stays with you long after finishing the final page." — Emily Rapp, author of Poster Child: A Memoir"This is a remarkable, multidimensional, and accomplished memoir. The author renders the lives of her family members with candor, sensitivity, and integrity." — G. Thomas Couser, author of Recovering Bodies: Illness, Disability, and Life Writing