Join us in welcoming poet and author Raymo nd Luczak\, in honor of National Poetry Month and Deaf History Month. Litt le District Books will also be on hand to sell a selection of Raymond's wo rk\, including his newest book from Gallaudet University Press\, \;Once Upon a Twin: Poems \;(2021).
\n\nAcces sibility: The program will be shared in American Sign Language (A SL) with voice interpretation. For any other reasonable accommodations\, p lease contact the Center for Accessibility at 202-727-2142 or DCPLaccess@d c.gov.
\n\nBio:
\nRaymond Luczak raise d in Ironwood\, a small mining town in Michigan&rsquo\;s Upper Peninsula. Number seven in a family of nine children\, he lost much of his hearing du e to double pneumonia at the age of eight months.
\nAfter high schoo l graduation\, Luczak went on to Gallaudet University\, in Washington\, D. C.\, where he earned a B.A. in English\, graduating magna cum laude. He le arned American Sign Language (ASL) and became involved with the deaf commu nity\, and won numerous scholarships in recognition of his writing\, inclu ding the Ritz-Paris Hemingway Scholarship. He took various writing courses at other schools in the area\, which culminated in winning a place in the Jenny McKean Moore Fiction Workshop at the George Washington University.< /p>\n
In 1988\, he moved to New York City. In short order\, his play Snooty won first place in the New York Deaf Theater&rsquo\;s 1990 Sa muel Edwards Deaf Playwrights Competition\, and his essay "Notes of a Deaf Gay Writer" won acceptance as a cover story for Christopher Street magazi ne. Soon after Alyson Publications asked him to edit Eyes of Desire: A Deaf Gay &\; Lesbian Reader\, which\, after its appearance in Jun e 1993\, eventually nabbed two Lambda Literary Award finalist nominations (Best Lesbian and Gay Anthology\, and Best Small Press Book). He hasn't st opped since!
\nIn 2005\, he relocated to Minneapolis\, Minnesota\, w here he continues to write\, edit\, and publish.
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