In our first half of the program, Petra Horn-Marsh and Kester Horn-Marsh discuss bi-lingual education at the Kansas School for the Deaf and the ASL Bowl, with interpreter Robin Olson. The ASL Bowl entries include ASL storytelling, ASL poetry, and ASL hand shape stories.
Writer, poet, author, and bookseller, Eve joins us in the second half of the program to discuss her work, read live in the studio, and talk about her latest venture, Inkllings Book & Coffee Shoppe in Blue Springs, MO.
Petra M. Horn-Marsh, PhD graduated from Gallaudet University with a BA in Secondary Education and History, a MA in History from Utah State University, a PhD in Sociology from Utah State University, and completed a Deaf Education certification program at the University of Kansas. She is currently an Early Childhood/Elementary School Principal as well as an AEBPD bilingual mentor at the Kansas State School for the Deaf in Olathe, Kansas, in her 10th year at KSD. Before that, she was a Bilingual Specialist and also an AEBPD lead mentor for CAEBER. She served as a school administrator at Jean Massieu School of the Deaf, a bilingual charter school in Riverton, Utah, for a year and at California School for the Deaf, Riverside, for a year and a half prior to coming to KSD. She also has been teaching a variety of American Sign Language and Deaf Culture courses for 20+ years. She is Deaf with two Deaf children and 3 hearing children. Finally, she co-wrote an article, “Bilingual Students Publish Works in ASL and English”, with Kester Horn-Marsh in the spring 2009 issue of the Odyssey magazine. In Fall 2012, Petra and Kester were the co-chairpersons of the ASLRT hosted at KSD.
Kester L. Horn-Marsh graduated from Avila University with a BA in English education and an MA in Deaf Education from the University of Kansas. He was a high school language arts teacher at the Kansas State School for the Deaf in Olathe, Kansas for 7 years before becoming the Bilingual Specialist. He is also an AEBPD bilingual mentor in his eighth year at KSD. He taught ASL courses in the foreign language department in Lawrence public schools for 7 years prior to KSD as well as at the University of Kansas for four years. He is also a freelance interpreter and works for Sorenson as a video relay interpreter. He is an OCODA with two Deaf children and 3 hearing children. He enjoys farming, camping, kayaking, and hiking. Finally, he has co-wrote an article, “Bilingual Students Publish Works in ASL and English”, with Petra Horn-Marsh in the spring 2009 issue of the Odyssey magazine.
Eve Brackenbury is a City poet and Suburban Bookseller who lives at the edge of nowhere next to a lazy bend in the river. Eve’s poetry often reflects both rural and urban landscapes. “Her poetry,” one reader pointed out, “is always sexy.” Regardless of content or subject matter, Eve finds the seduction in life. She can write about heartbreak or a rainy afternoon, and still find something sensual in the moment.
