The Living Poetry Project 26: Sista Tongue

Lisa Linn Kanae makes a book that blends art and language so well that it becomes difficult to discern what is visual from textual. (My favorite sort of read.)  The story of Pidgin (Hawaiian Creole English) is combined with found texts from conservative academic perspectives on the topic. All is in conversation in the book; the stigma of Pidgin is explored and broken in the exchanges presented on the pages of Sista Tongue.

A truly remarkable book.

I shared this book with a group of English professors, who played with the wind-up toys while trying to unwind the text.

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