Tongue Shakers: Interviews and Narratives on Speaking Mother Tongue in a Multicultural Society

Tongue Shakers provides an inside look into the state of speaking mother tongue in America’s multicultural society. Through a series of interviews and first person narratives in the voices of city dwellers who are immigrants, Americans born into immigrant families, and African Americans, the book uncovers the personal challenges faced by those learning a new language and celebrates their triumphs.

In Tongue Shakers, spoken language, a subject that binds us all, takes on different meanings as...