This is what sign language poetry, a genre rooted in the sign language tradition, looks like: a feast for the eyes.

In many ways, for me, the political and sociolinguistic risks of putting ASL on the walls of an art museum feel tempered by the power of the ekphrastic conceit.

Chicago is a city of bookish abundance, home to countless literary giants past and present. The author Rebecca Makkai recommends works that capture its spirit.