As a writer slowly loses his sight, he embraces other kinds of perception
![Leland has been an editor at the literary magazine The Believer since its inception in 2003.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2023/08/08/andrew-leland-credit-gregory-halpern_wide-41b7878a33227cb3ec249f780bbca04e1dd76984.jpg?s=600)
Andrew Leland started losing his sight 20 years ago. He's now legally blind, although he still has a narrow field of vision, which allows him to see about 6% of what a fully-sighted person sees.
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