For those employed in arduous solitary work such as cab driving, a marathon phone call is the perfect place to navigate the dislocations of immigrant life

"When Rituals go Wrong: Mistakes, Failure, and the Dynamics of Ritual" published on 24 Apr 2007 by Brill.

Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Michael Erard about his newest e-book, The Language Beat: Essays and Reporting on Language and Life. AI Indigenous correspondents

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In the interpreting booths of the Yugoslavia Tribunal, neutrality was the job.

We all live downwind. Literally, from a factory or a freeway shedding microplastics with every mile driven. Metaphorically, in a world shaped by the consequences of others — a warming climate, an emptying ocean, harms we inherit rather than choose. The costs are real; the accounting is incomplete.

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When I visited the Louvre Museum in Paris, I was struck by how small the Mona Lisa looked in person—a common reaction—and by how most of the people in the room were not looking at the painting itse…

They have no idea why.

Short writing about books worth reading, by Daniël van der Winden

When I visited the Louvre Museum in Paris, I was struck by how small the Mona Lisa looked in person—a common reaction—and by how most of the people in the room were not looking at the painting itse…