Poetry Reading: Raymond Luczak

When
Thu, January 16, 2025
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Location
Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St NW Washington DC 20006
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POETRY READING

Raymond Luczak

Thursday, January 16, 2025, 7:00 pm

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

(RSVP required)

RAYMOND LUCZAK (pronounced with a silent “c”) is perhaps best known for his books, films, and plays. He was raised in Ironwood, a small mining town in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Number seven in a family of nine children, he lost much of his hearing due to double pneumonia at the age of eight months.After high school graduation, Luczak went on to Gallaudet University, in Washington, D.C., where he earned a B.A. in English, graduating magna cum laude.

Luczak's work explores the life of deaf individuals and also attempts to translate between ASL and the spoken English language, as in this excerpt from the poem Double Helix Kyrie:

its still hard to enunciate

ghosts talk how-how

not easy to master

context none

its glossary is impossible

me life complain-complain list

but i want forgiveness

The reading will be followed by a reception and book signing.

The Arts Club of Washington is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. located at 2017 I Street N.W., Washington D.C. 20006