Language
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Politics
American English Needs Immigrants
The immigration debate often centers on who should be welcomed into our country. Some even argue that multiculturalism dilutes our…
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Magazine
Poem: [Dog Is a Way of Thinking]
Magdalena Zurawski’s intrepid use of caesura — a pause in a line of poetry — reinforces the theme of disciplined…
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Politics
How Can China’s People Demand Freedom if We Can’t Even Say It?
One morning last November, I woke up to a stirring sight: video clips of young protesters in several Chinese cities…
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Magazine
What Language Do You Speak to Express Love?
Are you in an intercultural/multilingual relationship? We’d like to know which language you use to express affection toward your partner,…
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World
Rehman Rahi, 97, Eminent Kashmiri Poet Who Restored a Language, Dies
Kashmir’s unofficial poet laureate, he gave voice to the rich culture of a bitterly divided territory and helped give his…
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Politics
The Secret Lives of Words
Some time ago, I fell into conversation with a colleague about what we had been reading lately, and the person…
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Magazine
Good Fantasy Writing Is Pure Magic
All too often clunky dialogue breaks the spell of CGI-heavy TV epics. To be reminded what language can do by…
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Arts
What a 1985 Novel Can Tell Us About Life in the 2020s: Almost Everything
Noah Baumbach’s funny and very stylish film adaptation of “White Noise” is a great invitation to return to the source…
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Arts
A Belarusian Writer Who Calls for Poems Made of Barbed Wire
In “Motherfield,” her first collection to appear in English, Julia Cimafiejeva grapples with questions of language, nationalism and oppression.
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World
Bending Gender’s Rules, in Life and in German Grammar
The victory of Kim de l’Horizon, a nonbinary writer, in a top literary prize stirred a debate about how the…