Deaf Poetry Now!!!

<p>Now and then some communities need to pause and ask themselves just where they are now as a people. One of the best ways to find such answers is through poetry being composed right now. What are they saying in their poems? </p><p></p><p>Given the intense media interest in the signing community and the Deaf experience these days it feels timely to seek out such possible answers from d/Deaf poets sharing their own perspectives. In this anthology they spotlight the joys and frustrations of the d/Deaf experience with a wide variety of poems and yes voices.</p><p></p><p>Charlie Ainsworth * Karen Christie * S. Leigh Ann Cowan * Linda Dratell * Martha Ellen * Kristen Harmon * Abby Haroun * Alex Hawkins (Talk With Hands) * J.S. Hossen * Michael Isaacs * Lilah Katcher * Sarah Katz * Jer Loudenback * Raymond Luczak * Thomas Muething * Cheryl Nichols * Kris Ringman * Curtis Robbins * Prudence Shaw * Maverick Smith * Lori Stambler-Dunsmore * William T. Vandegrift Jr. * Jacob Waring * Mel Whalen.</p><p></p>