Works

Below is a selection of my works in American Sign Language (ASL), which includes essays, poems, and translations. Some of the original ASL works have English translations.

Essays

#whyisign

ASL with English captions (English transcript posted on YouTube)

The Wrong Kind of Peace

ASL (English translation posted on YouTube)

Seeing Music: An Inquiry into the Place of Music in Deaf Culture

Originally created in both ASL & English

Click here for the English version

Contact Linguistics: ASL & English

ASL

Non-Vocal Deaf People vs. Vocal Deaf People

ASL (English translation posted on YouTube)

ASL Is Already Beautiful...Move On!

ASL (English translation posted on YouTube)

Poems

The Phantasmagorical Value

ASL (English translation posted on YouTube)

The Creation

ASL/Visual Vernacular

Sign Slam 2025: Round One Poem

Impromptu ASL poem

Sign Slam 2025: Round Tw0 Poem

Impromptu ASL poem

Sign Slam 2025: Round Three Poem

Impromptu ASL poem

Sign Slam 2025: Final Round Poem

Impromptu ASL poem

Reflecting on the Guggenheim

ASL with English subtitles

Exhibited in the Guggenheim NYC in 2024

The Moonlight

ASL with English subtitles

English translation by John Lee Clark

(published in Poetry & How to Communicate)

Translation Works

"Afterword" by Jeffrey Harrison

ASL translation

"Twas the Night before Christmas" by Clement Clarke Moore

ASL translation

"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" by Dr. Seuss

ASL translation

"How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World" by Marjorie Priceman

ASL translation

President Biden's Inaugural Address

ASL translation

American Society of Addiction Medicine Booklet on Opioid Addiction Treatment

ASL translation (funded by the New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services)

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