Join us at the American Writers Museum for a special event in celebration of the new book The People’s Tongue: Americans and the English Language, a riveting, one-of-a-kind anthology of the diversity, strangeness, and power of American English. Featuring performances and readings from Ilan Stavans, editor of The People’s Tongue; Paquito D’Rivera, renowned Cuban-American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer; Fareed Haque, Pakistani-Chilean-American jazz and classical guitarist and University of Chicago professor; and Ambassador Carolyn Curiel, senior speechwriter and special assistant to President Bill Clinton and former editorial board member of The New York Times.

The event will begin with a short performance by D’Rivera and Haque, followed by a discussion moderated by Stavans and including Curiel, and conclude with several short readings from the anthology.

This is an in-person program at the American Writers Museum. The AWM will close to the general public at 3 pm on Sunday, 5/21, in preparation for this event. This program will also be livestreamed, and you can register for the link to the online broadcast here.

Source: American Writers Museum.