Voices In Time 1840 | Paris Family Politics “Democracy loosens social ties, but it draws the ties of nature more tight.”More
Preamble Word Order By Lewis H. Lapham The Internet is blessed with undoubtedly miraculous applications, but language is not yet one of them. Technology cannot displace the primacy of words. More
Essay Native Tongues By Simon Winchester The making of the Dictionary of American Regional English, a five-thousand-page, five-volume book documenting the history of American slang. More
Voices In Time 1885 | Camden, NJ Borrowing a Simile Walt Whitman marvels at the ceaseless evolution of slang in America.More
Voices In Time c. 1955 | Baton Rouge What White Folks Call Verbal Skills H. Rap Brown’s street education.More
Voices In Time 1789 | Philadelphia Proofreading Benjamin Franklin promotes the proper usage of English.More
Voices In Time c. 1965 | San Quentin, CA No Sex in the Prison Library Eldridge Cleaver fights for the right to read what he likes.More
