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[Sherri]

Thought this might be of interest.

Sherri
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Dear friends:

I thought you'd like to know that my little collection of poems was just
published. Here is the press release. If you'd like autographed copies,
please read my note at the bottom about ordering directly from me.  Also,
feel free to forward this to family and friends!

Announcing "Suddenly Slow: Poems" by John Lee Clark

For Immediate Release
Contact: pr at handtype.com

Suddenly Slow: Poems, by John Lee Clark. 32 pages. $8.
Available at www.handtype.com or www.amazon.com
Or by mail to the address at the bottom

Minneapolis – Handtype Press recently released "Suddenly Slow: Poems," a
limited edition chapbook that showcases sixteen poems by the award-winning
deaf-blind poet, John Lee Clark. He was born deaf and became progressively
blind in early adolescence. Some of his poems deal directly with
deaf-blindness, while others are about broader topics but always with his
unique, often playful perspective.

Through his poems, "Clark is making sense of a world that comes to him
differently," says Morgan Grayce Willow, the author of two books of poetry.
"All we need do is place our trust in the crook of the arm of this DeafBlind
poet; he then leads us into a world where 'there is no answer in sight.'
This is a world of broadened vision emerging from narrower sight, of
heightened passion blossoming from experience at a slower pace. Each lyric
along the journey into this poet’s 'kind of light' rewards our trust."


Those who are deaf-blind, like Clark, are bound to identify intimately with
his work. Doug Milligan, a deaf-blind poet and the author of "Dark-Silence,"
has this to say about his fellow poet: "I am honored to count John Lee Clark
as one of my contemporaries in the poetry of the DeafBlind community. He
writes such thoughtful, such fine poems that I really think everybody,
everybody will enjoy them."

Unlike the work of some previous deaf-blind poets, Clark's poems hold
genuine literary merit. Pia Taavila, who is professor of English at
Gallaudet University and the author of "Moon on the Meadow" among other
books, praises Clark's brilliant use of the English language.
She says "There are double layers and more of meaning in metaphors, in
quick-minded word play and in the skill with which Clark describes the world
as he 'sees' it." For these reasons, Taavila calls "Suddenly Slow" a
"delicious" collection of poems that are "heartbreakingly beautiful."

Among Clark's accomplishments is being the first member of the signing
community, deaf or deaf-blind, to be published in the prestigious magazine
"Poetry," having a poem of his selected for and broadcast on the "Poem of
the Day" radio program on Martha Stewart, and winning a Best Sports Poem
prize from Kent State University. He was also featured at the Deaf Way II
International Cultural Arts Festival.  But his interest in poetry extends
beyond his own work, as he has edited "Deaf American Poetry," the first
definitive anthology of its kind and a significant contribution to the
literary canon, which will be coming out this March from Gallaudet
University Press.

Note from John: If you would like to order copies by mail, you can send a
check to my address below. Just for $8 each copy, shipping free courtesy of
my family with holiday greetings.

John Lee Clark
111 E. Kellogg Blvd. #3207
St. Paul, MN  55101


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