Ryan Knighton travels to the world's biggest rattlesnake roundup to put his blindness to the test, and learn about his disability, and hopefully not snakebites. Ryan Knighton is an internationally acclaimed blind author, screenwriter, journalist and performer. His two memoirs, Cockeyed (Penguin) and C'mon Papa (Knopf), both received numerous award nominations, including the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humor and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. A contributor to the American radio programs This American Life and The Moth, Knighton has also written for The New York Times, Outside, Esquire, The Globe and Mail, Popular Mechanics, The Walrus, The Observer, The Believer, Men's Health, Vice, The Sunday Telegraph and The National Post, among many others.
As a contributing editor to Afar magazine, Knighton’s travel writing has taken him around the world, from Bhutan’s Himalayan temples to Zimbabwe’s game reserves, from Cairo’s Arab Spring to Helsinki’s saunas, his journalism earning him two Thomas Lowell Awards, an Eddie/Aussie Award and a James Beard Media Award nomination. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
2 май 2024
