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I should write this first, since it’s what people notice first: I stutter when I talk. I involuntarily extend certain letters or sounds and, more conspicuously, experience total “blocks,” wherein my ...

I sat on the bathroom floor, dizzy and nauseated, picturing the stage where I would give a reading the next day. Months ago, in a more optimistic moment, I had agreed to perform in a public reading ...

I am Ken Steinhardt, a severe stutterer. I block up on feared words and in feared situations. When I speak, first I feel fear. Then I stutter. Then I feel shame about my stutter. I stutter more with ...

Imagine working as a server during brunch at a busy restaurant, walking up to a table of six, and being unable to say your name. Putting an order in at the bar, stuttering on half of the drinks, and ...