By Alan Lechusza In the era where banned books are up 30-40% nationwide overall (1,477 situations of banned books affecting 874 titles, PEN America 2023), the importance of contemporary cultural language – its use, dialectic and multi-media reference – becomes important. Pop cultural language transgresses the growing divide between academia and the modern lingua franca. … Continue reading Talk to Me Sister, Trixie Mattel as a Pop Social Linguist
Old Covered Bridge
By J. Jacob Grizzle Does that old covered bridge still stand in the place where the old highway used to cross the creek? It's a treasure of time, a place in the heart that reminds us of what we used to be. Can you still hear the train in the distance at night, Does that … Continue reading Old Covered Bridge
