On the National Language: The Poetry of America's Endangered Tongues
A 2024 Anthem Awards winner for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Awareness & Media category)

A Foreword Reviews INDIES Book of the Year Award GOLD winner, Multicultural category

Through art photography and prose, this book addresses the fragility, beauty, and cultural value of preserving endangered languages, particularly Indigenous languages, at a time when Indigenous and diversity issues are at the forefront of our national conversations.


In a groundbreaking project turned into a national touring exhibition, endangered-language speaker, poet, and photojournalist B. A. Van Sise worked with endangered-language speakers, learners, and revitalizers across three years and an entire continent to showcase some of the natural beauties of their languages and lands, highlighting, in particular, American diversity and its many Indigenous communities.

Augmented by nine contributors from diverse cultural groups, On the National Language is a journey into both the challenges and opportunities faced by revitalization efforts, as well as a testament to the beauty and poetry of these many languages themselves.
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On the National Language: The Poetry of America's Endangered Tongues
A 2024 Anthem Awards winner for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Awareness & Media category)

A Foreword Reviews INDIES Book of the Year Award GOLD winner, Multicultural category

Through art photography and prose, this book addresses the fragility, beauty, and cultural value of preserving endangered languages, particularly Indigenous languages, at a time when Indigenous and diversity issues are at the forefront of our national conversations.


In a groundbreaking project turned into a national touring exhibition, endangered-language speaker, poet, and photojournalist B. A. Van Sise worked with endangered-language speakers, learners, and revitalizers across three years and an entire continent to showcase some of the natural beauties of their languages and lands, highlighting, in particular, American diversity and its many Indigenous communities.

Augmented by nine contributors from diverse cultural groups, On the National Language is a journey into both the challenges and opportunities faced by revitalization efforts, as well as a testament to the beauty and poetry of these many languages themselves.
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On the National Language: The Poetry of America's Endangered Tongues

On the National Language: The Poetry of America's Endangered Tongues

On the National Language: The Poetry of America's Endangered Tongues

On the National Language: The Poetry of America's Endangered Tongues

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A 2024 Anthem Awards winner for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Awareness & Media category)

A Foreword Reviews INDIES Book of the Year Award GOLD winner, Multicultural category

Through art photography and prose, this book addresses the fragility, beauty, and cultural value of preserving endangered languages, particularly Indigenous languages, at a time when Indigenous and diversity issues are at the forefront of our national conversations.


In a groundbreaking project turned into a national touring exhibition, endangered-language speaker, poet, and photojournalist B. A. Van Sise worked with endangered-language speakers, learners, and revitalizers across three years and an entire continent to showcase some of the natural beauties of their languages and lands, highlighting, in particular, American diversity and its many Indigenous communities.

Augmented by nine contributors from diverse cultural groups, On the National Language is a journey into both the challenges and opportunities faced by revitalization efforts, as well as a testament to the beauty and poetry of these many languages themselves.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780764368141
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date: 09/28/2024
Pages: 176
Product dimensions: 11.75(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

B. A. Van Sise is an author and photographic artist focused on the intersection between language and the visual image. He is the author of two previous monographs: Children of Grass: A Portrait of American Poetry and Invited to Life: After the Holocaust. He is a New York State Council on the Arts fellow, a two-time PX3 award winner, winner of the Lascaux Prize for Nonfiction, and an IPPY gold medalist.
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