Raymond Luczak

Raymond Luczak is the author and editor of over 30 books, including QDA: A QUEER DISABILITY ANTHOLOGY (Squares & Rebels), HOW TO KILL POETRY (Sibling Rivalry Press), and AMONG THE LEAVES: QUEER MALE POETS ON THE MIDWESTERN EXPERIENCE (Squares & Rebels). His latest titles are FLANNELWOOD (Red Hen Press), LOVEJETS: QUEER MALE POETS ON 200 YEARS OF WALT WHITMAN (Squares & Rebels), COMPASSION, MICHIGAN: THE IRONWOOD STORIES (Modern History Press), and ONCE UPON A TWIN (Gallaudet University Press). He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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On becoming a Deaf writer
Raymond Luczak began writing poetry at a young age, but he never saw writing as a way of changing the world until he saw deaf theater at Gallaudet University. He realized that his writing had the potential to wield a power of its own. (While the clip is "spoken" in ASL, it's subtitled in English for those who are signing-impaired.)

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