Rotten English by Dohra Ahmad
A global anthology of fiction and poetry in vernacular English.
"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
"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
Dohra Ahmad is a professor at St. John's University, where she teaches postcolonial literature. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her family.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393329605 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393329607 |
| Title | Rotten English |
| Author | Dohra Ahmad |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2007-08-07 |
| Number of pages | 544 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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