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NYC Poetry in Every Language: a sneak preview of a new anthology on Tuesday June 13, 6:30 pm at ELA — free, live, and open to all
NYC Poetry in Every Language: a sneak preview of a new anthology on Tuesday June 13, 6:30 pm at ELA — free, live, and open to all
The Garifuna language is spoken primarily in Honduras, Belize and Guatemala, with a large population of speakers today also found in New York City, Los Angeles, and New Orleans.
With ten current larger-scale projects and additional work on individual languages, ELA focuses on communities and individuals in the New York City area.
ELA has worked to different degrees on numerous projects with speakers of over a hundred languages spoken in New York City and beyond. More in-depth work continues on the several dozen featured here.
ELA's network is an extended family of linguists, language activists, community leaders, students, volunteers, and lovers of language in NYC and the world over.
Our free event series Unheard Of! Languages and Literatures from Around the World continues. There’s no event on May 16 has been cancelled, but the last event of the season (NYC Poetry in Every Language) will be live at ELA on June 13, 6:30 pm (3 W 18th Street, 6th Fl). Details and free RSVP here:…
Join us on April 4 at 6:30 for Teaching Endangered Languages Against the Odds, part of our continuing event series Unheard Of! Languages and Literatures from Around the World. It’s free and open all to all — just let us know you’re coming by RSVPing here. The location is ELA’s office in Manhattan at 3 W 18th Street (6th…