Foreign Languages
Personal History
Of Yiddish, Litvaks, and the Evil Eye
A smattering of Yiddish happens to be all the Yiddish I have.
By Calvin Trillin
Annals of the Mind
The Mystery of People Who Speak Dozens of Languages
What can hyperpolyglots teach the rest of us?
By Judith Thurman
Personal History
Love in Translation
Learning about culture, communication, and intimacy in my husband’s native French.
By Lauren Collins