non-fiction and fiction texts to learn more about deaf culture from deaf voices
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created by bigmac
last updated June, 2026
True Biz
Sara NoviÄ
Seeing Voices: A Journey Into the World of the Deaf
Oliver Sacks
Deaf in America: Voices from a Culture
Carol Padden
Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism
Elsa Sjunneson
Deaf Republic
Ilya Kaminsky
El Deafo
Cece Bell
Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law
Haben Girma
Deaf Utopia: A MemoirâAnd a Love Letter to a Way of Life
Nyle DiMarco
Deaf People in Hitler's Europe
Donna F. Ryan
Inside Deaf Culture
A Fair Chance in the Race of Life: The Role of Gallaudet University in Deaf History
Brian H. Greenwald
Deaf Heritage: A Narrative History of Deaf America
Jack R. Gannon
Understanding Deaf Culture: In Search of Deafhood
Paddy Ladd
Deaf Gain: Raising the Stakes for Human Diversity
H-Dirksen L. Bauman
Open Your Eyes: Deaf Studies Talking
The Hidden Treasure of Black ASL: Its History and Structure
Carolyn McCaskill
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