What is the language of home?
This short story collection offers readers many possible answers that reveal the Deaf experience in all its complexities. Written over nearly forty years by celebrated Deaf author Raymond Luczak, this collection of thirty stories paints a vivid panorama of Deaf lives. From a young DeafBlind boy feeling lost within his hearing family to a hearing son of Deaf parents caught between their infighting and a hearing mother realizing in the split second of her own death the full impact of the missteps she has taken while raising her Deaf son, Luczak crafts narratives that resonate with authenticity. Other stories feature an ASL interpreter feeling conflicted about a Deaf neighbor and a Deaf woman who becomes blacklisted as a backstabber. These characters often navigate the murky waters of the hearing world, sometimes with a touch of ASL gloss. The Language of Home is an exciting literary contribution that offers rare, nuanced representations of Deaf characters.

Raymond Luczak is the author and editor of thirty-five books, including A Quiet Foghorn: More Notes from a Deaf Gay Life and the award-winning novel Men with Their Hands. He has also edited anthologies such as I’ll Tell You Later: Deaf Survivors of Dinner Table Syndrome and Yooper Poetry: On Experiencing Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.