A Tour of New York City's Endangered Languages

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 20, 2024

Ross Perlin, co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance (ELA) and the author of Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York (Grove, 2024), talks about the many languages spoken in New York that are at risk of disappearing.

EVENTS:

  • Virtual event
    Thursday, Mar. 21, 6:00pm
    Queens Public Library
    A “Literary Thursdays” series event
    Virtual Q&A and book talk

  • Virtual event
    Thursday, Mar. 28, 12:00pm
    Live from New Amsterdam
    In conversation with Russell Shorto

  • In-person event
    Wednesday, Apr. 10, 6:30pm
    South Street Seaport Museum

  • In-person event
    Thursday, Apr. 18, 7:00pm
    NYPL World Literature Festival

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