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S1: E6 What You Speaking ? Informing A Conversation About Language & Literature

44m · What You Reading? The Series · 13 Jun 19:11

This sixth episode features Gigi, Christopher Romaguera, Sadiyah Malcolm, Trona Cenac, Aye and Magariou Diallo with Dienabou Balde, Nelle and Raywattie Wong, as they explore cultural and linguistic heritage. These Caribbean, Latin, and African hyphenated Americans share stories, poems, sayings, or customs in their native languages or dialects to help inform a wider conversation about language and identity in literary discourse.

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