Assembly Required Notes from a Deaf Gay Life (Updated) by RaymondLuczak Paperback, 122 Pages, Published 2019 by Handtype Press ISBN-13: 978-1-941960-12-7, ISBN: 1-941960-12-X
"No one gives you a manual on how to be a Deaf gay man. Raymond Luczak shares stories from his days growing up as a Deaf gay man in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and learning signs in secret, trying to follow music on the radio in order to be cool like his hearing classmates, and feeling clueless whenever gay cultural icons like the Village People, Queen, and Bette Midler were promoted in his small hometown. After he graduated from high sc ..."
once upon a twin - poems(1st Edition) (Paperback) by RaymondLuczak Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2021 by Gallaudet University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-944838-76-8, ISBN: 1-944838-76-7
"As an elegy to his lost twin, this book asks: If he had a twin, just how different would his life have been?"
Flannelwood by RaymondLuczak Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 2019 by Red Hen Press ISBN-13: 978-1-59709-897-7, ISBN: 1-59709-897-3
"Spontaneous combustion occurs when Bill, a forty-year-old barista and a failed poet, meets James, a disabled factory worker and a daddy hunk, at an OctoBear Dance. For six months they share weekends of incredible passion at James’s house up north in the country. Winter has never seemed hotter in their flannel sheets. But on the first day of spring James abruptly informs Bill over the phone that it’s not going to work out and hangs up. N ..."
The Kinda Fella I Am Stories by RaymondLuczak Paperback, 156 Pages, Published 2018 by Independent Arts & Media ISBN-13: 978-1-947647-09-1, ISBN: 1-947647-09-1
" The Kinda Fella I Am continues Raymond Luczak's extraordinary string of outstanding books. Delving into our deep needs for human connection, Luczak imagines the world as seen by queer disabled men.The breadth of Raymond Luczak's writing leaves us dazzled. -- Michael Thomas Ford, author of Lily The Kinda Fella I Am takes us on a captivating dive into the lives of these disabled queers. We follow them from kitchen to bedoom, from cof ..."
Lovejets Queer Male Poets on 200 Years of Walt Whitman by RaymondLuczak Paperback, 308 Pages, Published 2019 by Squares & Rebels ISBN-13: 978-1-941960-13-4, ISBN: 1-941960-13-8
"Walt Whitman, author of Leaves of Grass, was born in 1819. The Stonewall riots happened 150 years later. On the bicentennial of Whitman's birth and the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, over 80 poets pay homage to not only Walt Whitman, but also to queer poets and queer poetry and the vast and various events, revolutions public and private, that have shaken our world since 1819: who we are, where we are, where we have have been, and where ..."
Eyes Of Desire(1st Edition) A Deaf Gay & Lesbian Reader by RaymondLuczak Paperback, 314 Pages, Published 1993 by Alyson Books ISBN-13: 978-1-55583-204-9, ISBN: 1-55583-204-0
"In a collection of essays, deaf lesbians and gay men discuss their lives, describing how they discovered their sexual identity, overcame barriers to communication in a hearing world, and created a deaf gay and lesbian culture. Original."
The Last Deaf Club in America (Paperback) by RaymondLuczak Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2018 by Handtype Press, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-941960-09-7, ISBN: 1-941960-09-X
"A few ghosts return to share stories of what it was like when Deaf clubs truly mattered. Raymond Luczak offers a compelling look into the Deaf community then and now."
St. Michael's Fall by RaymondLuczak Paperback, 86 Pages, Published 1995 by Deaf Life Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-9634016-8-7, ISBN: 0-9634016-8-8
"From haunted Civil War battlefields to a severed ear discovered on a nightly run; from lab-grown dinosaurs to forest creatures that steal away children under the cover of night; from deadly bio-engineered fleas to a burning teenage desire for cybernetic amputations: Deaf and hard of hearing authors from around the world bring you this fun, though oftentimes disturbing, collection of short fiction."So often the future we imagine is homog ..."
Assembly Required Notes from a Deaf Gay Life by RaymondLuczak Paperback, 143 Pages, Published 2009 by Rid Press ISBN-13: 978-0-916883-49-2, ISBN: 0-916883-49-3
Whispers of a Savage Sort(1st Edition) And Other Plays about the Deaf American Experience by RaymondLuczak Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 2009 by Gallaudet University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-56368-420-3, ISBN: 1-56368-420-9
"“Oh, why can’t the deaf community be more like a family?” is the plaint of a character in Raymond Luczak’s title play Whispers of a Savage Sort. It also goes far in characterizing the main thread that runs through his remarkable collection of work offered in this new volume. Whispers of a Savage Sort and Other Plays about the Deaf American Experience presents a progression of plays that depict Deaf people in situations well-known by the ..."
QDA A Queer Disability Anthology by RaymondLuczak Paperback, 376 Pages, Published 2015 by Squares & Rebels ISBN-13: 978-1-941960-02-8, ISBN: 1-941960-02-2
"Featuring fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and comics by 48 writers from around the world, QDA: A Queer Disability Anthology proves that intersectionality isn't just a buzzword. It's a penetrating and unforgettable look into the hearts and souls of those defiant enough to explore their own vulnerabilities and demonstrate their own strengths. Here is a gathering of people with the transformative-and political-power of love that transcends g ..."
Jonathan Issue 02 A Journal of Gay Fiction by RaymondLuczak Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 2013 by Sibling Rivalry Press, Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-937420-43-7, ISBN: 1-937420-43-4
"Short fiction by emerging and established gay, bisexual, and transgender authors. Featured in Issue 02 of Jonathan are Steven Cordova, Aaron Hamburger, Telly McGaha, Andrew Demcak, Eric Nguyen, Michael Thomas Ford, Jonathan Vatner, Robert Smith, Kenneth Pobo, and Michael Carroll. Proudly published by Sibling Rivalry Press."
"In Among the Leaves, 18 queer male poets share stories what it means to live in the Midwest. We learn what it's like for them to play football and come up short. We feel their lingering effects of bullying. We experience the undeniable power of seasons affecting their moods as they ache for a meaningful connection. We learn what it means to celebrate in spite of the odds against them. But more than anything, we discover anew through the ..."
"The second issue of Alternating Current Press’ annual literary publication dedicated to past and contemporary views on history contains poetry, maps, photographs, fiction, essays, articles, and nonfiction by various authors about various historical topics. Within these pages, you will find contemporary outlooks on history right alongside little-known historical works that feel as fresh and as vibrant (and as scary) as if they were writt ..."
A Babble of Objects by RaymondLuczak Paperback, 114 Pages, Published 2018 by Fomite ISBN-13: 978-1-944388-59-1, ISBN: 1-944388-59-1
"If objects could talk, what sort of things would they say? Through a rapid-series of short poems Raymond Luczak, author of seven acclaimed poetry collections such as Mute (A Midsummer Night’s Press) and The Kiss of Walt Whitman Still on My Lips (Squares & Rebels), imagines the inner lives of inanimate objects. We learn what it’s like to be a dressing room mirror, a bobby pin, a discarded mattress, a stapler, a credit card, a hearing aid ..."
"In The Kiss of Walt Whitman Still on My Lips, Raymond Luczak recounts his unrequited love for a gardener while examining how Walt Whitman (1819-1892) lived as a gay man 150 years before. Inspired by the earthy passions abundant in Whitman's work and the vast social changes between his era and ours, the story becomes an urgent love letter in more ways than one. "The Kiss of Walt Whitman Still on My Lips is an unabashed celebration of on ..."
From Heart into Art Interviews with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Artists and Their Allies by RaymondLuczak Paperback, 210 Pages, Published 2014 by Handtype Press ISBN-13: 978-1-941960-01-1, ISBN: 1-941960-01-4
"For over a decade, Raymond Luczak, author of Silence Is a Four-Letter Word: On Art & Deafness, has been interviewing Deaf and hard of hearing artists and their allies about their creative and arts accessibility work. This volume features over 70 people sharing what it means to be an artist who happens to be different. "When I was little, I never really quite questioned all those millions of sound norms I'd inhabited." -Christine Sun Kim ..."
How to Kill Poetry by RaymondLuczak Paperback, 122 Pages, Published 2013 by Sibling Rivalry Press, Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-937420-29-1, ISBN: 1-937420-29-9
"With the ghosts of Emily Dickinson, Arthur Rimbaud, Sappho, and Walt Whitman leading the way, How to Kill Poetry showcases a highly selective overview of Western civilization poetic development from its oral traditions to the silence of pixels. The narrative then jumps 200 years into the future where the unfortunate consequences of global warming create a dramatic backdrop against which poetry--if it is to have any redeeming value--must ..."
"Michigan's Upper Peninsula is distinct from the rest of the state in geography, climate, and culture, including a unique and thriving creative writing community. In The Way North: Collected Upper Peninsula New Works, editor Ron Riekki presents poetry, fiction, and non-fiction from memorable, varied voices that are writing from and about Michigan's Upper Peninsula. In all, this unique anthology features new works from forty-two writers, ..."