My Aunt Doesn’t Care in Four Different Languages
"Today," creative non-fiction by Nardine Taleb
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Edith Wharton Was Mom’s Love Language
"Mom’s Ashes" by Robert Travieso, recommended by Electric Literature
Jun 23 2021 - Robert Travieso
The Hybrid Korean-English Language of “Minari” Makes It Feel Like Home
In the movie's "Konglish," I recognize my family, especially my mother's quest to feel comfortable in America
Apr 1 2021 - Iris (Yi Youn) Kim
Why Do I Write in My Colonizers’ Language?
I was raised to see English as more ambitious and educated than Hindi—but now I struggle with the weight of its legacy
Mar 9 2021 - Anandi Mishra
The Poems of “Ghost Letters” Erase Boundaries of Language
Baba Badji uses English, French, Arabic, and Wolof to find belonging and move through the trauma of being an outsider
Feb 23 2021 - Shoshana Akabas
Professional Wrestling Was the Language I Shared With My Dad
We grew up in different countries with different first languages, but we connected through the stories in the ring
Feb 17 2021 - Pardeep Toor
What It’s Like to Lose Your First Language
Trying to understand Sinhala now feels like flexing a phantom limb
Aug 14 2020 - Hasanthika Sirisena
7 Books About Living Between Languages
These books explore the multicultural experience through multilingual poetry and prose
Jun 18 2020 - Jaeyeon Yoo
How I Learned to Embrace Jamaican Patois, the Language of My Youth
To get past the shame I was taught to feel about the creole I grew up with, I had to rediscover it in books
Dec 4 2019 - Donna Hemans
Czech Dissident Writers Can Teach Us How to Protect Language from Lies
When people in power want to control thought by controlling words, literature can become a weapon
