Tucson Festival of Books

Noise, Quiet and Well-Being


Most of us are exposed to noise throughout the day, often to the detriment of our well-being. What ways of experiencing the world can we learn from deaf and hard of hearing people? How can we reduce noise in our lives? Join Chris Berdik and Rachel Kolb as they discuss both noise and quiet.


Panelists
Chris Berdik

Chris Berdik is a freelance science and education journalist who has written for The New York Times, Wired, and other publications. Formerly, he was a staff editor at The Atlantic and the senior writer for Boston University, covering science and medicine....

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Rachel Kolb

Rachel Kolb is a writer whose work explores communication, language, and disability as central components of human experience. A graduate of Stanford University, she was the first signing deaf Rhodes Scholar at Oxford before receiving her Ph....

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Books:
Clamor
How Noise Took Over the World?and How We Can Take It Back
Chris Berdik
Science / Medicine / Technology
W. W. Norton, Incorporated
May 2025
ISBN 9781324006992
272 pages
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Articulate
A Deaf Memoir of Voice
Rachel Kolb
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
HarperCollins Publishers
September 2025
ISBN 9780063375185
304 pages
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