Oh, no! The book is officially out of print.
(The Tactile Mind Press has unfortunately
gone out of business.) It is my hope that
I will find a new publisher interested in
reprinting a new edition.

OUT Magazine has given the book
a rave review. Check it out here!
 Here's what my publisher, The Tactile Mind Press, said about my book:

"Raymond Luczak, poet, playwright, and filmmaker, hands us Silence is a Four-Letter Word: On Art & Deafness as his call to arms for deaf artists everywhere. He uses a cross-platform approach--a short story, a series of rapid-fire mini-essays, a short play, and a self-interview--to illuminate his points. His meditations on what makes art 'art' and deafness 'deaf' asks artists everywhere to rethink observations on their work and live differently."

That said, here are some excerpts from its mini-essays:

6. "Art has nothing to do with how much hearing the artist has."

7. "If we don't want our deaf artists to stop inspiring ..."

15. "Interesting."

24. "Most hearing people don't care about deafness."

29. "I'm always amused when I hear about ..."

42. "Art isn't necessarily about how much college education you've acquired."

66. "The artist must be willing to appreciate ..."

78. "When I talk about art, I refer also to ..."

85. "Many artists go mad partly because ..."


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