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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof

@raymondluczak.com
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Deaf gay Yooper writer and editor. 40+ books published. 25+ plays performed. 3 full-length DVDs produced. Perpetually inquisitive in Minneapolis, MN. raymondluczak.com

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Kathryn Kysar @darklake.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Honored to have three Lake Superior poems in @raymondluczak.com’s marvelous new anthology FEET IN THE WAVES from Modern History Press. It features work from @sheilapacka.com, @paulacisco177.bsky.social, Margaret Hasse, and many others. Look for upcoming readings in Michigan and Minnesota!
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REVEL @revelliterary.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Animals Out-There W-i-l-d: A Bestiary in English and ASL Gloss by @raymondluczak.com (@unboundedition.bsky.social, 2024) Substrate by Jim Powell (@pantheonbooks.bsky.social, 2009) Disorder by Vanesha Pravin (@uchicagopress.bsky.social, 2015)
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REVEL @revelliterary.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Check out Part 3 of our Revel No. 3 Gold List--eight more books to bear in mind! #booklover #readinglist #writingcommunity #bibliophile #readingcommunity #books
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 09/10/2025
Today my new book of poems IRONHOOD is published! Here’s the clip of my poem “How Late the Night”! (The order link is right underneath the video on YouTube.) youtu.be/9wtx3U9pHPQ
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IRONHOOD: "How Late the Night"
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 28/09/2025
Yay! A poem in ASL from my new book IRONHOOD! www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9wP...
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IRONHOOD: "The Watchdog"
YouTube video by deafwoof
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 04/09/2025
During the month of September, enjoy 45% off ALL @gallaudetpress.bsky.social titles, including my own books published by GUP. Why 45%? This year marks the Press’s 45th anniversary! Come browse gupress.gallaudet.edu and use the promo code AWARE45 at checkout. (Thanks.)
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Gallaudet University Press
Gallaudet University Press is a nonprofit scholarly publisher that shares knowledge by and about deaf people and signing communities with the world.
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 03/06/2025
Beep beep! @wordgathering.bsky.social has posted a most lovely review of three (yes, THREE) of my poetry books! wordgathering.com/vol18/vol18i...
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Chlorophyll: Poems about Michigan’s Upper Peninsula; Lunafly; and Far from Atlantis(Raymond Luczak) – Wordgathering
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 01/05/2025
Oh, look! A new poem by yours truly in @rogueagent.bsky.social! www.rogueagentjournal.com/rluczak-4
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Raymond Luczak — RogueAgent
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Gallaudet University Press @gallaudetpress.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
To close out #NationalPoetryMonth, be sure to watch @raymondluczak.com poem “9 months” from ONCE UPON A TWIN! Scan the QR code or visit the link below. Swipe for more info on the book, including how you can get your copy at 30% off (with free domestic shipping). The sale ends today! gu.live/tLvuf
On a black background, the top text reads: Watch “9 months” from ONCE UPON A TWIN by Raymond Luczak! Under text is screenshot of Raymond signing from the ASL video on YouTube. Under the screenshot the text reads: Scan to watch “9 months” in ASL. And on the right is a QR code that links to this URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF_fklGTAz8&t=5s. At the bottom is: the text reads National Poetry Month and the GU Press logo is to the right. 
On a black background, a QR code for visiting the book page is added on the left with the book cover of “once upon a twin” on the left. Another QR code is added under the book cover for browsing more poetry titles. Information about a promo code (NDHM2025) that saves 30% on all poetry books with free domestic shipping is added at the bottom with “National Poetry Month” and the GU logo under. 
https://gupress.gallaudet.edu/Books/O/once-upon-a-twin
https://gupress.gallaudet.edu/Browse-by-Subject/Literature-Poetry-Literary-Studies
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 15/04/2025
Check out my friend’s response to creating a new short film within a very short timeframe! youtu.be/NDhdcw0ny0U
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Taketh Not - 2025 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge Entry
YouTube video by Easterseals Disability Film Challenge
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 09/04/2025
Tomorrow night!
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 26/03/2025
Hello, everyone! Here's the trailer for my next #book THE #LANGUAGE OF #HOME! It comes out in May from @gallaudetpress.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/watch?v=26-5...
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THE LANGUAGE OF HOME (trailer)
YouTube video by deafwoof
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 24/03/2025
A friendly reminder ... Oh, look! A surprise call for submissions for a brand-new poetry anthology featuring d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing writers! (Deadline: April 15, 2025.) handtype.com/cfs/index.html
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About HANDTYPE PRESS
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 28/02/2025
I'm very pleased to announce the second slate for the CHAPS Poetry Series. (The chapbooks are expected to ship out within the next ten days.) www.squaresandrebels.com/chaps/index....
[ID: Three book covers are placed in a single row. The first book on the left shows a thick dark blue-gray frame containing a rectangular B&W photograph of a white man looking away from us while showing his left shoulder blade with a lyre tattoo there. The title and author’s name are in white and in the upper right corner of the photograph: ARKANSAS LUGGAGE | Ed Madden. The second book in the middle shows a thick terra-cotta frame containing a color photograph of a desolate rural landscape with a row of shrubby trees far in the distance, and with the colors of wheat and brown closer to us. The title in dark brown is centered at the top of the photograph: THE GREAT OCEAN OF THE PLAINS. The author’s name in white is centered at the bottom of the photograph: David Cummer. The third book on the right shows a thick dull pastel pink frame containing a color photograph of a scruffy-looking barefooted male dancer wearing a loose shirt and jeans as he angles his arms straight up and out while bending his body sideways in an arc against a gray background. The title and author’s name are in white: OTHER DANCES | David Rutiezer. Below the three book covers are the Squares & Rebels logo (a solid red square tilted atop a row of vertical black stripes) on the left with the text CHAPS POETRY SERIES | an imprint of SQUARES & REBELS, and the text on the right in both red and black: THE SECOND SLATE | SPRING 2025.]
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 28/02/2025
For those of you keen on learning more about #ASL #gloss #poetry, please save the date of April 10 for a visual discussion of ANIMALS OUT-THERE W-I-L-D (published by @unboundedition.bsky.social) via this link: www.uppaa.org/event/book-c...
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Book Club - Animals Out-There W-I-L-D: A Bestiary in English and ASL Gloss with Raymond Luczak - UPPAA
Join us for UP Notable Book Club with host Evelyn Gathu and guest Raymond Luczak as we talk about Animals Out-There W-I-L-D: A Bestiary in English and ASL Gloss Continue reading
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 28/02/2025
In case you haven't seen this before ... youtu.be/GhzwrRrYwdo?...
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ANIMALS OUT-THERE W-I-L-D: On ASL Gloss
YouTube video by deafwoof
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 14/02/2025
Oh, look! A surprise call for submissions for a brand-new poetry anthology featuring d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing writers! (Deadline: April 15, 2025.) handtype.com/cfs/index.html
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 14/02/2025
Happy Valentine’s Day! Please know that even if you are single, someone out there loves you as you are. HUGS.
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 05/02/2025
A new article about #DinnerTableSyndrome and my latest anthology! gallaudet.edu/english/dinn...
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“Dinner Table Syndrome” anthology features contributions from faculty and alumni | English | Gallaudet University
Growing up as the only Deaf person in a hearing family of nine children, Raymond Luczak, ’88, always felt left out at mealtime. Everyone was chattering
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 25/01/2025
Oh, let's just vogue!
[ID: A middle-aged bearded white man gives a gleeful smirk while holding his hands as if praying while wearing a bright fuzzy mauve shirt with a fuzzy blue travel pillow on his head like a hat while standing in a hallway of someone’s apartment.]
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 21/01/2025
Here are two quick snapshots of the eponymous poem of my book ANIMALS OUT-THERE W-I-L-D--one in English and the other in ASL gloss! (The book is published by @unboundedition.bsky.social.)
[ID: The square graphic is bordered with a yellow-orange and a thin bright orange with a warm brown square centered showing the following text in both white and yellow orange:

Do not speak.

Finger to the lips.

A voice
is noise.

Watch these — my hands — and ask nothing.
Eloquence will come to you soon enough.

 RAYMOND LUCZAK
from “Wild Animals Out-There” (English)
in Animals Out-There W-i-l-d

UNBOUND (ed.)
Unbound Edition Press®]
[ID: The square graphic is bordered with a warm brown and a thin yellow-orange with a bright green square centered showing the following text in both white and warm brown:

speak finish-finish-finish

{finger-to-the-lips}

voice what
noise-bang-noise-bang

watch-me sign-sign you-confuse worry not
visual mind-pop-up soon will”

RAYMOND LUCZAK
from “Wild Animals Out-There” (ASL Gloss)
in Animals Out-There W-i-l-d

UNBOUND (ed.)
Unbound Edition Press®]
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 20/01/2025
Today I choose to make a little art by writing a brand-new play for the first time in five years.
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 11/01/2025
Hey friends in the DC/MD/VA area: I’ll be giving a #poetry #reading in #ASL on Thursday January 16th! Please register and come! (Thank you.) acw.wildapricot.org/event-5987986
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Arts Club of Washington - Poetry Reading: Raymond Luczak
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 09/01/2025
On Monday January 13th from 6 to 7:15 pm, I'll perform some poems in ASL (with Tolly Tolman voice interpreting) at the Edie Windsor SAGE Center 705 7th Avenue, 15th Floor (between 27th and 28th Streets), New York, NY. The poet Sarah Sarai will host. Hope to see ya there!
[Image description: The graphic shows the text POETRY READING BY RAYMOND LUCZAK with a B&W picture of a middle-aged white man with a beard glancing back.]
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 07/01/2025
For ASL newbies … www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/m...
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How Sign Language Can Help Us All Be Better Communicators
The emotionality of ASL can free you from the trap of precision.
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 06/01/2025
Yay!!! ONE last #ASL gloss #poem ("Toad") from ANIMALS OUT-THERE W-I-L-D (published by @unboundedition.bsky.social) ... #deaf #poetry #signlanguage youtu.be/tDmjURHVRHk
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ANIMALS OUT-THERE W-I-L-D: "Toad"
YouTube video by deafwoof
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 02/01/2025
Oh! My book ANIMALS OUT-THERE W-I-L-D: A BESTIARY IN ENGLISH AND ASL GLOSS just got listed as one of the Top Ten U.P. Notable Book of the Year for 2024! www.uppaa.org/2025/01/02/9...
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2025 U.P. Notable Books List honors the year’s best U.P. authors and their books - UPPAA
Spread the loveMARQUETTE, MI (January 2nd, 2025)— the Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) announces the 6th Annual U.P. Notable Books List this week. UPPAA Notable Books chairman ...
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 31/12/2024
Hey, friends and acquaintances in the NYC area! @bradwalrond.bsky.social and I will be giving an in-person reading on Tues January 14th at 7 p.m. (Yes, the event will be ASL- and voice-interpreted!) Please RSVP here: poetshouse.org/event/new-wo...
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New Works: Raymond Luczak and Brad Walrond
1/14: Join us for a night of readings from Raymond Luczak and Brad Walrond on ASL gloss and afrofuturism.
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Will Fertman @willfertman.com · 27/12/2024
First thoughts on @raymondluczak.com's compilation of #deaf writing on dinner table syndrome: #dinnertablesyndrome is often part of a bigger system of family dysfunction Audism is driven by control Learning #ASL is not enough There are a lot of amazing d/Deaf writers I need to read
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I'll Tell You Later: Deaf Survivors of Dinner Table Syndrome | Handtype Press, LLC
For centuries, Deaf people were expected to sit quietly at the table when their hearing families shared a meal. Some might have asked the person sitting nearby, “What are they saying?” The usual respo...
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 25/12/2024
Merry Merry Merry!
[Image description: A black-and-white photograph heavily tinted in red showing a middle-aged white man with a beard and a Santa hat and a plaid shirt opened to his white undershirt smiling back at us while sitting on a sofa. The picture has a heavy black vignette border.]
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 16/12/2024
@saintmarty.bsky.social has written a terrific #poetry collection A BIGFOOT BESTIARY AND OTHER WONDERS. This poem first appeared in my anthology #YOOPER POETRY, but it’s also available in his #BIGFOOT book. What follows here is an #ASL translation that I did … youtu.be/D0yFEWtlJdo
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YOOPER POETRY: "Doe After a Blizzard" by Martin Achatz
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 15/12/2024
In case you want to learn about a VERY tall #Yooper who used to live on the Keweenaw Peninsula (by the age of 9, he was already #tall as any man!) … youtu.be/eVn4JGDPRJg
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FAR FROM ATLANTIS: "Numbers"
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 14/12/2024
Oh, look! I’m in the NEW YORK TIMES!!!! www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/a...
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Guggenheim Offers the Poetry of Motion: Sign Language Verses
The museum’s poet in residence for 2024 is putting poetry by deaf and hard-of-hearing artists on display.
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Will Fertman @willfertman.com · 12/12/2024
As more of a potential perpetrator than victim of dinner table syndrome, I'm both excited and a little scared to dig in. But I'm happy @raymondluczak.com put together such a great array of #Deaf writers for this project—super important, especially for us parents of #deafkids. #dinnertablesyndrome
Image: Closeup of a book cover held in a hand with a dirty thumbnail. The cover shows an island or a cut of meat covered with clockwork machinery. Text: I'll Tell You Later, deaf survivors of dinner table syndrome Raymond Luczak, Editor
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 08/12/2024
Oh, look--another ASL gloss poem in action! “Chipmunk” comes from my book ANIMALS OUT-THERE W-I-L-D: A BESTIARY IN ENGLISH AND ASL GLOSS, published by @unboundedition.bsky.social. (Thanks again to @phoenixdragon1.bsky.social for providing voice and music!) youtu.be/DLBpB4fMBQ0
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ANIMALS OUT-THERE W-I-L-D: "Chipmunk"
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 29/11/2024
The story of my life whenever I meet a hearing man who’s interested in dating me.
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 26/11/2024
I should also mention that @phoenixdragon1.bsky.social did the sound work on my book trailer! m.youtube.com/watch?v=P6NM...
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I'LL TELL YOU LATER: Deaf Survivors of Dinner Table Syndrome (trailer)
YouTube video by deafwoof
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 26/11/2024
If you are Deaf and tired of being left out of the banter at the Thanksgiving dinner table this coming Thursday, you are NEVER alone. Us too! #DinnerTableSyndrome handtype.com/books/tellyo...
[ID: The book cover shows a wall sculpture in the shape of a Manhattan-like island with gear wheels painted in mostly gold and copper arranged in a chaotic pattern all connected with aluminum chains around a deep brown gear wheel that is not connected to any wheel. The sculpture’s background print shows many gear wheels clashing and merging with each other in white against a clay color. The cover’s background is solid black with the text in white and rust below the sculpture: I’LL TELL YOU LATER | Deaf Survivors of Dinner Table Syndrome | Raymond Luczak, Editor.]
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Sakeozo 🍵 @sakeozo.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Hello! I have curated a starter pack of Deaf Artists based on what I have found so far. Please share and support them + their art, especially if they have businesses. This platform is still growing, so the list will expand as more Deaf artists join. #DeafArtist
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 23/11/2024
Just like Julie Andrews waltzing across the hills in the opening scene of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, I am starting to feel a new book coming on …
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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 02/11/2024
I keep getting better at adding alt-text and making it part of the rhythm of my online conversations by having this button on. Writing alt-text as my default means that I never forget it and it becomes my normal. Make alt-text your normal!
A screenshot of the Accessibility Settings on Bluesky with the button “Require alt text before posting” turned on
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 22/11/2024
If you're looking to connect with other Yooper (you know who you are) writers, here's a starter pack to help you get started! go.bsky.app/9YPNyXN
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 22/11/2024
Helllllloooo, everyone! I now have a brand-new ASL gloss poem in action from my book ANIMALS OUT-THERE W-I-L-D (@unboundedition.bsky.social), and @phoenixdragon1.bsky.social contributed his voice and music to my poem called "Strider"! youtu.be/CmehkeqAEUg
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ANIMALS OUT-THERE W-I-L-D: "Strider"
YouTube video by deafwoof
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 21/11/2024
@robert-timm.bsky.social welcome!
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Shepseskare in Love @upfromsumdirt.blacksky.app · 20/11/2024
it doesnt make a single lick of sense for anyone to follow a poet (or any writer) & not even consider purchasing their books - or at least borrowing copies from your local library! go do that shit - as soon as possible! or why even follow? it's not like we'll appt you unqualified to any cabinet.
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 15/11/2024
Here's another ASL gloss poem in action from my latest collection ANIMALS OUT-THERE W-I-L-D, published by @unboundedition.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=enut...
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ANIMALS OUT-THERE W-I-L-D: "Eagle"
YouTube video by deafwoof
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 14/11/2024
Hey! I’ll be performing with other deaf poets at @guggenheim.bsky.social in New York on Wednesday, December 11th! Get your tickets right here: www.guggenheim.org/event/sound-...
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Sound/Off: An Evening of Poetry | The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation
This special program in the Guggenheim’s rotunda celebrates the artistry of poetry: written, spoken, and signed.
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 14/11/2024
Here's another ASL gloss poem in action: "Otters" from my latest book ANIMALS OUT-THERE W-I-L-D published by @unboundedition.bsky.social! youtu.be/cYRcIBdTT40?...
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ANIMALS OUT-THERE W-I-L-D: "Otters"
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Raymond Luczak | deafwoof @raymondluczak.com · 13/11/2024
Here's my clip explaining what ASL gloss is, especially since Unbound Edition Press published my book ANIMALS OUT-THERE W-I-L-D recently ... youtu.be/GhzwrRrYwdo?...
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ANIMALS OUT-THERE W-I-L-D: On ASL Gloss
YouTube video by deafwoof
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