Rotten English :A Literary Anthology
Rotten English :A Literary Anthology
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Published:
17 June, 2007
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780393329605 |
| ISBN10 | 0393329607 |
| Number Of Pages | 536 |
| Item Weight | 676 g |
| Product Dimensions | 140 x 208 x 28 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | WW Norton & Co |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
"Smart, beautiful, passionate, necessary: Rotten English is as canny as it is exhaustive; an extraordinary X-ray of English, as she is spoken, broken, and loved." -- Junot Díaz, author of This is How You Lose Her
"Rotten English is a remarkable collection of vernacular poetry, prose, essays and novellas that has real and academic importance, and I applaud Ahmad for bringing this debate to a larger public. This book makes us aware of the incredible flexibility of English and charts its journey to become a truly global language...." -- Chris Abani - Los Angeles Times
"Roughly a billion people speak English today and, as this anthology demonstrates, they do so in infinite and rich variety." -- Washington Post
"For anybody who has ever been tutted at… come and have a bath in the wonderful Englishes in this book." -- Ian McMillan - London Times
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Author's Bio
Dohra Ahmad is a professor at St. John's University, where she teaches postcolonial literature. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her family.