1989 Writers and Books Eric "Malz" Malzkuhn Interview
Channel: RIT Libraries
Date: 2019-07-17

Summary by Joan Naturale. Peter Cook, Kenny Lerner, and Matthew Moore interview Malz on sign language poetry and its evolution over the years. This interview covered many topics: Malz’s early life, schooling at the Michigan School for the Deaf, his Gallaudet years, the Arsenic and Lace Broadway sign language performance, influential sign masters, the National Theatre of the Deaf, mentoring talented Deaf performers (Phyllis Frelich, Linda Bove, Rita Corey, Ed Waterstreet, Gil Eastman, Jonathan Roman, Ella Lentz, Lou Fant, and Bernard Bragg) teaching sign and finger-spelling artistry techniques, Deaf clubs, Bernard Bragg and his influence, the history of sign poetry and his sign rendition of the poem Jabberwocky which was popular and revolutionized the sign poetry field. Malz was known for creating signs when needed to clearly convey concepts and was a sign master breaking new ground in performing signed poetry and stories. Video description: Malz is wearing a black baseball cap, glasses,  a green short-sleeved shirt, and grey slacks. Peter Cook has shoulder-length brown straight hair, is wearing a long-sleeved dark green buttoned shirt with light blue jeans. Kenny Lerner has shoulder-length wavy brown hair, beard, mustache,  glasses, and is wearing a pink t-shirt with jeans. Matthew Moore has shoulder-length dark brown hair and is wearing a dark blue long-sleeved shirt with jeans. For more information, please go to the Deaf Studies Archive finding aid link URL: https://archivesspace.rit.edu/repositories/2/resources/815

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