New anthology is a love letter to American English

For his new anthology, “The People’s Tongue: Americans and the English Language,” author, editor and Amherst College professor Ilan Stavans collected perspectives from 74 writers throughout American history to create what he calls both a “thank you” and a “love letter” to the rich diversity of his adopted language.

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