Life After Deaf, published by Skyhorse, is now available.

Life After Deaf was given a 4.5 of 5 stars on both Goodreads and Amazon.

"Life After Deaf," Holston's memoir of losing his hearing at age 62, is a graceful and compelling read.

The Philadelphia Inquirer review of Life After Deaf

A worthwhile memoir about hearing impairment and struggling with the complex medical community.

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Noel Holston is a Mississippi native who for three-plus decades wrote about popular culture for newspapers in Orlando, Minneapolis and New York. He lost most of his hearing in 2010. His acclaimed book about that challenge, Life After Deaf: My Misadventures in Hearing Loss and Recovery, was published in November 2019. His ongoing “after deaf” ventures include photography; a CD of his songs titled Better Late; and a new memoir, As I Die Laughing: Snapshots of a Southern Childhood, published September 1. He lives in Athens, Georgia, with his wife, singer-songwriter Marty Winkler