Deafness -- Poetry

A collection of Deaf poetry videotapes, dvds, and digital documents containing lectures, performances, and interviews documenting ASL (American Sign Languagae) poetry. The materials were gathered while conducting research for Heart of The Hydrogen Jukebox, a documentary film by Miriam Lerner about ASL poetry.

Program from the first National Deaf Poetry Conference, held at the National Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Five dvds with coverage of the Redefining the Literary Expressions of Deafhood: The Impact of the Digital Age symposium held at the National Institute for the Deaf, October 3 to 4, 2008.

Fiction, plays, mysteries, poetry, and romances featuring deaf characters and collected by Robert Panara, first Deaf faculty member of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology.

The collection consists of digital video and audio files of conference presentations, workshops, and performances from "Poetry in the Palm of Your Hand," a year long project designed to promote ASL as a literary language. The events were organized by Ruth C. Hoffman,