Poet Wants You To Rethink What It Means To Be Nonspeaking

Simply by his resume, poet and documentarian David James Savarese is exceptional. His poems and prose have been published in journals and magazines across the country, including the Iowa Review , and his 2017 documentary Deej: Inclusion Shouldn’t Be a Lottery , which he co-produced, earned a 2018 Peabody Award and Emmy nomination. Savarese is also autistic and nonspeaking. He describes poetry as his native language.