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Foreign Languages

Personal History

Of Yiddish, Litvaks, and the Evil Eye

A smattering of Yiddish happens to be all the Yiddish I have.
Annals of the Mind

The Mystery of People Who Speak Dozens of Languages

What can hyperpolyglots teach the rest of us?
Shouts & Murmurs

Your Duolingo Reminders

Personal History

Love in Translation

Learning about culture, communication, and intimacy in my husband’s native French.
Reflections

Easy, Tiger

Newsbreak

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The Talk of the Town

Typical

The Talk of the Town

Exchange

Fiction

II Talento Mysterioso

Fiction

Not Valid in Macao

Fiction

Old Macberlitz Had A Farm

Poems

Speaking A Foreign Language

Fiction

Pliz Szpik Szoli

Poems

Pots and kettles

Fiction

Qu'Est-Ce Qui Cuit? (What's Cooking?)