Written in Memory

Michael Bérubé

July 17, 2003 | This article appeared in the August 4, 2003 edition of The Nation.

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Helen Keller may be the world's most famous supercrip.

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Michael Bérubé

Michael Bérubé is the Paterno Family Professor in Literature at Pennsylvania State University.

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