A review of Michael Erard’s Search for the World’s Most Extraordinary Language Learners
Which leads us to ask: How do you say “hyperpolyglottism” in Javanese?
Giuseppe Mezzofanti (cc 2006, Wikipedia)
“The Dead Mule as Generic Signifier in Southern Literature of the Twentieth Century”
Jerry Leath Mills’ full essay is available through JSTOR.
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Novelist Pauls Toutonghi discusses Charles Dickens, and fiction in the age of Facebook.
“So, for my 30th birthday, my older brother gave me my copy of “David Copperfield.” He included this inscription: This can be one of those books that exemplifies the awesome power of world-changing ultimate unbelievable incredibleness! Read it and be blown away!
And, like older brothers tend to be a lot of the time, he was right.”
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Warren Wilson alumna Dinah Berland insists that no matter when the muse calls, you owe it to yourself to listen.
“What I learned from my research was not only that maturity’s insight can both enrich and deepen the making of art, but also that even old age and infirmity can’t stop it. For painters, poets, or writers of any age, art doesn’t come from the body; it comes from imagination and desire. And one of the most important aspects of creativity is the willingness to play — which, paradoxically, artists who live the longest tend to know most about.”
Dinah is the author of Hours of Devotion: Fanny Neuda’s Book of Prayers for Jewish Women
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