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Kendra Allen’s first collection of essays—at its core—is a bunch of mad stories about things she never learned to let go of. Unifying personal narrative and cultural commentary, this collection grapples with the lessons that have been stored between parent and daughter. These parental relationships expose the conditioning that subconsciously informed her ideas on social issues such as colorism, feminism, war-induced PTSD, homophobia, marriage, and “the n-word,” among other things.

Embark on a journey to the very beginning of writing as a tool of language and see how the many threads of history and linguistics came together to create the alphabet that forms the foundation of English writing. Your guide is Professor John McWhorter of Columbia University and in the 16 lectures of Ancient Writing and the History of the Alphabet, he will help you navigate the complex linguistic and cultural history behind one of our most crucial tools of communication.

Auch das Mysteriöse hat ein Verfallsdatum; es rückt umso näher, je mehr man sich damit befasst. Manches ist schon aufgedeckt im nordischen Alphabet der Runen, anderes wartet noch darauf. Nicht jedes Geheimnis will überdies preisgegeben sein. Doch weitaus schlimmer als der beharrliche Versuch trotz Warnung ist es, etwas für bestimmte Zwecke zu missbrauchen, obwohl eine hinzugefügte Bedeutung keineswegs so eindeutig unterstellt werden kann.