Raymond Luczak's favorite links ....

Over the years I've recommended links that should be explored.
This is the first time that I've consolidated them all into one place.
(For the record, no one's paid me to post these links.)
Click around and enjoy!

PUBLISHERS Please keep these small presses alive with your support: Buy something from them! It's good for your soul. Handtype Press When my favorite book company in the world folded, I knew I had to do something. The Tactile Mind Press's mission was still too important to ignore. I decided to, uhm, set up a little book company. Check it all out! Deaf Life Press Matthew S. Moore and company are bouncing back with not only Deaf Life (which I've written for in the 1990s) but also a few new exciting titles, such as one about "Dummy" Hoy, possibly the greatest deaf baseball player of all time. (And yes, they published my book St. Michael's Fall.) Suspect Thoughts Press Greg Wharton, Ian Phillips, and their literate friends are interested in pushing the envelope with stories that explore a "bent" worldview rarely encouraged in mainstream publishing. (They will be publishing my deaf gay novel Men with Their Hands, which won the Project: QueerLit 2006 Contest, in 2008.) Gallaudet University Press Long the place to go to for academic and laymen's titles on deafness, GUP is also the place to find my book When I am Dead: The Writings of George M. Teegarden and my forthcoming Playing It by Eye: Stage Plays about the Deaf American Experience. SIGNews I write articles and features for this national newspaper for the Deaf and signing communities every month, so please subscribe--it's only $19.95 a year! Minnesota Literature The monthly newsletter provides the latest readings and goings-on within the state's literary community. Worth every penny (heck, it costs only $15 a year!) if you live in Minnesota.	DEAF MINNESOTA Some of these organizations are non-profit--you can get a tax write-off if you donate either money or goods. TC Deaf This is a lovely free guide to the Twin Cities Deaf community, so sign up for their E-Flash News. Deaf Minnesota A simple but great listing of events of interest to the Deaf and signing community all over the state of Minnesota. Sign-Interpreted Theater VSA arts of Minnesota funds many of the interpreters provided for theater and concert productions in the Twin Cities area. Sign up for regular emailings about the latest sign-interpreted performances here. MNRAD Yes, I'm currently the president of Minnesota Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf (MNRAD), which is comprised of Deaf LGBT members as well as straight allies in the state of Minnesota. MN Open-Captioned Films This web site enables you to find open- and closed-captioned films in your area. Yummy! Torch Theater A hearing theater company that tries to be "super-accessible" by having as many of its performances sign-interpreted for Deaf patrons and audio-described for blind patrons as possible. MADC If you're Deaf and want to get politically aware of how you can help the democratic process "out there," please join the Minnesota Association of Deaf Citizens! DeafBlind Services of Minnesota Ever since my first partner was a DeafBlind man more than two decades ago, I've become quite attuned to this community.	FRIENDS I've known these people for a long while, so I think it's time to highlight their talents! André Pellerin At last! He has a web site of his own, promoting his amazing skills as a potter and painter. Robin Taylor A brilliant sculptor, painter, and writer who happens to be one of the loveliest souls in all of New York. (No, she didn't pay me to say that! You'd love her if you met her too.) Tom Steele An innovative cook who has the knack of making incoherent recipes by other people quite concise and a restaurant critic who knows how to condense an entire visit in a few pithy words, he has also fed me for 15 years when I lived with him in New York. I'm so proud of the fact that he's now cranking out one cookbook after another! Manny ASL I may be a bit biased when I claim that Manny Hernandez is one of our best ASL storytellers, but one has to look at the video clips on his web site to see just how phenomenal he is. (Yes, I worked with him on his first DVD, and I'm already working on his second.) Phillip Ward In addition to being a torchbearer for Quentin Crisp's brilliance as a writer and wit, Phillip himself is a wonderful photographer. Heck, he managed to get a few of his author's photographs of moi on the back of my books! Brian Lewis A jovial fella with a great smile, Brian is never afraid to butt heads with me from time to time. He's apparently a tough teacher; he does want his students to learn, which is always a great thing to see. But he is a sweetheart.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS? The sites below are just plain outrageous and quite funny. Museum of Bad Art Imagine overhearing a group of high-minded curators evaluating what is clearly bad art. Well, just how bad? Don't say that you weren't warned! The Onion May the Big Guy Upstairs continue to bless these delightfully subversive folks who continue to poke fun at the headlines of today. Museum of Bad Album Covers Trust me--some of these record album covers represents the nadir of imagination and, um, jaw-dropping tastelessness. Definitely a hoot, though. Willard Wigan This guy is considered a "micro miniaturist." His work gives a whole new concept of miniaturist art. (This is not a humor web site, but one that should inspire a sense of awe when you see his work.)	DEAF ALL OVER Various Deaf companies will be listed here. T.S. Writing Services Are you ASL-fluent but not feeling entirely confident in English when it comes to that important project? Talk with Trudy and see if she can help you out! (Yes, I've worked for her, and she's quite lovely.) National Theater of the Deaf This country's first deaf professional theater company. I'm still proud of the fact that NTD asked me to teach playwriting there one summer. Such a wonderful time . . . . (And they unfortunately need MONEY.) Deaf Casting I think it's great that we finally have an online directory of Deaf and HOH (hard-of-hearing) performers! (You go, Vikee!)	WORTHY CAUSES AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH: A Global Warning It is probably the most important documentary (which was billed as "by far the most terrifying film you will ever see"). It really spells out the dangers and actual results of global warming in very powerful ways that you just cannot help wanting to change things for the better. Learn tips on how you can help reduce global warming right now. (Yes, I deliberately made the font bigger for this section--that's how serious this crisis is.)

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