Language & Culture Essays
A Motif Worth Repeating
Before hearing soprano Fatma Said sing Ravel’s Shéhérazade in Cleveland, I studied the French lyrics myself, a night two unfamiliar languages, French and music, converged.
Read MoreDoes French Know Ball?
Do you really know ball? Or French? From a Texas football Saturday to glottophobia laws, an essay on knowing, belonging, and the games we’re all playing.
Read MoreUne Petite Laitue, A Little Big Scat
When Roy first came to France, he didn’t speak any French, but was forced to learn after moving into a neighborhood where nobody spoke English.
Read MoreThe Paris Olympics 100 Years Later
An Olympics Parfait read the headline from the Athletic’s newsletter the morning after the Closing Ceremony.
Read MoreMaman, untranslatable?
This morning I woke up to seeing that the YouTube channel for French Crawl hit 100 subscribers …
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