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Dorothy Miles. Dorothy "Dot" Miles (née Squire; 19 August 1931 - 30 January 1993) was a Welsh poet and activist in the Deaf community. Throughout her life, she composed her poems in English, British Sign Language, and American Sign Language. Her work laid the foundations for modern sign language poetry in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Paul Scott is a renowned poet within the deaf community. His poetry explores deaf identity, defies the expectations of the majority (hearing) culture and aims at its empowerment, with a rich use of images and humour. For example, in his poem "Five senses" the visual beauty and expressive potential of sign language are employed to convey pride ...
American Sign Language (ASL) is the shared language of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community in North America. Membership to this community is based primarily on shared cultural values, including a shared signed language. Those who are physically deaf or hard of hearing but do not share the same language and cultural values are not considered ...
Education. California School for the Deaf. Alma mater. Gallaudet University. Occupation (s) Writer, educator. Notable work. The Signing Naturally Curriculum Series, National consortium of Programs for the Training of Sign Language Instructors (NCPTSLI) Ella Mae Lentz (born May 5, 1954) is a Deaf American author, poet, teacher, and advocate.
His poems make sophisticated use of handshape, movement, use of space, repetition, and facial expression. Influenced by canonical American poets like Robert Frost and deaf poets like Bernard Bragg, Valli often chose nature imagery to convey subtle insights into the deaf experience. His brief "Hands" — which uses the 5 handshape throughout ...
Deaf Republic: Poems is a poetry book by Ilya Kaminsky which was published on June 18, 2019 by Faber and Faber. [1] Critical reception and reviews
John Lee Clark (born 1978) is an American deafblind poet, writer, and activist from Minnesota. He is the author of Suddenly Slow (2008) and Where I Stand: On the Signing Community and My DeafBlind Experience (2014), and the editor of anthologies Deaf American Poetry (2009) and Deaf Lit Extravaganza (2013). [1][2] Clark was the recipient of a ...
Poetry. Spouse. Katie Farris. Ilya Kaminsky[a] (born April 18, 1977) is a poet, critic, translator and professor. He is best known for his poetry collections Dancing in Odesa and Deaf Republic, which have earned him several awards. In 2019, the BBC named Kaminsky among "12 Artists who changed the world". [1]