About Us
Handwriter Ink, inc. is primarily focused on providing American Sign Language access to Deaf readers and writers. We provide interpreters for a wide range of virtual literary events from writing conferences to book festivals to author visits. In the future, editorial services will be offered to help get works by Deaf writers ready for submission, because the “We Need Diverse Books” movement needs more authentic Deaf author representation.
Jennifer Kamin
At age four, I knew I wanted to be an author. I love to play with the English language, to create pictures with words. At age eight, I met a Deaf couple, the parents of my parents’ friends, and discovered another language that created images, this time on the hands. In college, my senior thesis asked: “What does a writer of fiction need to know about a culture they are not native to in order to write believable, authentic fiction?” Immersing myself in the Deaf community led me to my now twenty-plus year career as a sign language interpreter. I couldn’t be more grateful to the Deaf people who I’ve worked with on my journey and made me the interpreter I am today. I have specialized in theatrical interpreting since I started. My goal has always been to give Deaf audiences the same emotional experience a hearing audience gets from the stage. Now, with Handwriter Ink, my goal is for Deaf readers and writers to have equal access to the literary world.
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