1991 ASL Literature Conference Jim Cohn Presentation and Performance by Bonnie Kramer
Channel: RIT Libraries
Date: 2019-11-21

Summarized by Joan Naturale. Patti Durr introduces Jim Cohn who gives a presentation on ASL Poetry and how it contributes to our multicultural knowledge. Bonnie Kramer is a Deaf performer and from a Deaf family. She shares the poems “Growing Up” and “Honor” in American Sign Language. She also tells the stories,  “Deaf Duckling”, “Snake Story”, and “Bad Dream” sharing Deaf themes in American Sign Language. Visual description: Patti Durr has long curly red hair and is wearing a teal-colored dress. Jim has medium length brown curly hair, mustache, and beard. He is wearing a gray jacket over a plaid shirt and blue jeans. Bonnie Kramer has short blonde hair and is wearing a long-sleeved purple shirt with paisley print pants.

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