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(Middle Dutch sacred text, 15th century)
According to word sleuth Patrica T. O'Conner, you can learn a lot about Holland's influence in the new world by looking into Dutch influence on the English language. She joins us to look at all the ways in which Dutch has worked its way into our everyday speech. Then Garry Wills explains why Federalists called Thomas Jefferson "the Negro President." (It had nothing to do with his racial background.) Patrick McDonald on his syndicated comic strip "Mutts." And Caryl Phillips talks about A Distant Shore, his latest novel.
Patricia T. O’Conner
Word sleuth Patricia T. O’Conner answers listeners’ questions about the English language. Today she talks about the Dutch influence on English.
Find out about Dutch influence in language and more in Old Amsterdam/New Amsterdam
Music: Haendel "Sonates en trio op.2" 1. ...
Garry Wills
In Negro President, Garry Wills explains the importance of the slave vote to Thomas Jefferson’s presidency.
Read an excerpt of Wills' book in the Reading Room.
Events: Garry Wills reads from Negro President on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 7:30 PM, Barnes & Noble, 82nd & Broadway.
Music: Raymond ...
Read an excerpt of Wills' book in the Reading Room.
Patrick McDonnell
Mutts is a retrospective in book form of comic strip artist Patrick McDonnell’s work. McDonnell has been drawing his award-winning strip since 1994.
Events: The exhibit, MUTTS: THE ART OF PATRICK MCDONNELL, will be free and open to the public at the Society of Illustrators on ...
Caryl Phillips
Essayist, critic and novelist Caryl Phillips shares his latest novel, A Distant Shore. It’s set in a housing estate in contemporary England and explores the relationship between an African man and an English woman.
Music: "Intersection" 1. Letter to Olivia
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