| Title | : | Fresh Air, John McWhorter and Joel Meyerowitz |
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| Author | : | Terry Gross |
| Release | : | 2002-03-11 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | Arts & Entertainment |
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| 1 | Fresh Air, John McWhorter and Joel Meyer | Terry Gross |
| Linguist John McWhorter and photographer Joel Meyerowitz on this editin of Fresh Air. John McWhorter's newest book is called The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language. He has written on Ebonics, language and African Americans, and the origins of the Creole Language. His other books include Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America and Word on the Street: Debunking the Myth of 'Pure' Standard English. McWhorter is a professor at the University of California at Berkeley. In honor of the six-month anniversary of September 11, 2001, Joel Meyerowitz talks about his World Trade Center Archive Project, a traveling State Department-sponsored exhibition of Ground Zero photographs. Meyerowitz originally spoke about his World Trade Center photos when he was a guest on Fresh Air on October 23, 2001. For more information, go to www.joelmeyerowitz.com. (Broadcast Date: March 11, 2002) |
