River, byjordan scott and sidney smith. jordan scott is the author of the book i talk like a river, that ed sheeran reads from. he says he hopes the decision to share the experience of people who stutter will bring greater empathy from those who don't. well, as a child i stuttered, i struggled quite a lot, and i still stutter today. it's a big part of my life, and in this book i wanted to share that gift of my father's story that he gave me when he told me that the way that i told, the way that i stutter, it's like the river. that changed my life. it allowed me to see my stutter as natural, wh...