Disability Awareness Month Performance: Scars by Jim Ferris

10/15/10

Contributed by Annette Levine

Thurs. Oct. 21
“Scars: A Performance” 8-10, p.m., Textor 103

Dr. Jim Ferris, Ability Center of Greater Toledo Endowed Chair of Disability Studies, University of Toledo, an award-winning poet and performer, will present his brand-new one man performance, exploring the various scars, physical and otherwise, we bear and claim as parts of our identity. Dr. Ferris’ most recent volume of poetry, The Hospital Poems, won the MSR Book Award, selected by prominent American poet Edward Hirsch.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Bruce Henderson in the department of Speech Communication at henderso@ithaca.edu. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.

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