COLLECTION NAME:
Deaf Studies, Culture, and History Archives
Record
Filename:
ac_ritdsa0118_flyingwords_0001.jpg
Identifier:
ac_ritdsa0118_flyingwords_0001.jpg
Title:
Flying Words Project: Sign Language Poetry at its finest
Creator:
Jim Cohn
Summary:
Poster promoting a poetry performance by Flying Words Project at the University of Colorado in 2002. Signed by Peter Cook and Kenny Lerner.
Date of Original:
2002
Date of Digitization:
9/8/2022
Broad Type:
poster
Library Collection:
RIT/NTID Deaf Studies Archive poster collection
Rights:
RIT Libraries makes materials from its collections available for educational and research purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. It is your responsibility to obtain permission from the copyright holder to publish or reproduce images in print or electronic form.
Notes:
Note from donor Jim Cohn-
I created this poster when I worked as a Disability Specialist at CU Boulder's Office of Disability Services (1997-2009). As a Disability Specialist with deep interest in Disability Studies, I was an informal point person within the office to bring Flying Words Project poets Peter Cook and Kenny Lerner to Boulder for a packed house performance of hearing and Deaf Coloradans during a blizzard on the evening of Friday, 8 March 2002 on the University of Colorado--Boulder campus. I never had quite so much fun in my life, before or since, as when I would hang out with Peter Cook and Kenny Lerner, two of the greatest friends I made while living in Rochester and two of the best loved poets I've ever known. The poster features a promotional image of Lerner (left) and Cook (right). Over the image of Kenny Lerner's face, he inscribed, "Jim, / you put these two / faces together long / before this picture / was taken. The / images you see / are from [eye (I/me)] Love, Kenny." Over Peter Cook's image, on his forehead, Cook wrote, "To Jim, I want to do / to you what the spring / does to a cherry / tree/ Neruda / Peter."
I created this poster when I worked as a Disability Specialist at CU Boulder's Office of Disability Services (1997-2009). As a Disability Specialist with deep interest in Disability Studies, I was an informal point person within the office to bring Flying Words Project poets Peter Cook and Kenny Lerner to Boulder for a packed house performance of hearing and Deaf Coloradans during a blizzard on the evening of Friday, 8 March 2002 on the University of Colorado--Boulder campus. I never had quite so much fun in my life, before or since, as when I would hang out with Peter Cook and Kenny Lerner, two of the greatest friends I made while living in Rochester and two of the best loved poets I've ever known. The poster features a promotional image of Lerner (left) and Cook (right). Over the image of Kenny Lerner's face, he inscribed, "Jim, / you put these two / faces together long / before this picture / was taken. The / images you see / are from [eye (I/me)] Love, Kenny." Over Peter Cook's image, on his forehead, Cook wrote, "To Jim, I want to do / to you what the spring / does to a cherry / tree/ Neruda / Peter."
Flying Words Project: Sign Language Poetry at its finest
