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Hinterlands

By Matthew Byrne

The Secret Spies Keeping Baghdad Safe

By Lindsey Hilsum

Charting the Land of Great Loneliness

By Carin Clevidence

Estranged Modernisms

By Spencer Lee-Lenfield

John McWhorter

John McWhorter teaches linguistics, philosophy, and music history at Columbia University, and is the author of seventeen books, including The Power of Babel, Losing the Race, Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue, and the upcoming Words on the Move. He writes for Time, CNN, The Atlantic, and The Wall Street Journal.
The Future of Language Essay Arts & CultureRace

Thick of Tongue

By John McWhorter March 15, 2016

Future of Language: So what exactly is this “black sound” I am insisting exists?

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