• Image - ASL Poetry Presentation with Peter Cook  
  • Event Date: October 24, 2025
  • Event Start Time: 2:00 PM
  • Event End Time: 4:00 PM
  • Event Location: Murray Hall, Room 302
  • Event Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Event Type: Other
  • Semester: 2025 FALL

In honor of Disability Awareness month, we are hosting a poetry presentation and Q & A with Peter Cook led by Susan Miller.  Peter Cook is a senior lecturer in Linguistics at Princeton University, and he will present the techniques of ASL poetry and answer questions about the genre of ASL Poetry. The introduction and Q&A session will be presented by Susan Miller, Associate Teaching Professor of Creative Writing at Rutgers Writers House. 

This event is free and open to the university community.

Accessibility Services

  • ASL interpreters will be present
  • Accessible entrance
  • Microphones used to amplify sound
  • Accessible seating available

If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the access provided, please call Carlie Andrews at 848-202-3111 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. in advance of your participation.

Cook has been featured nationally in numerous festivals, including the National Storytelling Festival, Oklahoma City Winter Tales, Illinois Storytelling Festival, Indiana Hoosier Storytelling Festival, Tales of Gratz, Austria, International Poetry Festival, Rotterdam, Netherland, and the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy, D.C. View his website here