{"product_id":"on-the-national-language","title":"On the National Language","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA 2024 Anthem Awards winner for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Awareness \u0026amp; Media category)\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nA Foreword Reviews INDIES Book of the Year Award GOLD winner, Multicultural category\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nThrough 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nIn a groundbreaking project turned into a national touring exhibition,\r\nendangered-language speaker, poet, and photojournalist B. A. Van Sise\r\nworked with endangered-language speakers, learners, and revitalizers\r\nacross three years and an entire continent to showcase some of the\r\nnatural beauties of their languages and lands, highlighting, in\r\nparticular, American diversity and its many Indigenous\r\ncommunities.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nAugmented by nine contributors from diverse cultural\r\ngroups, \u003cem\u003eOn the National Language\u003c\/em\u003e is a journey into both the challenges\r\nand opportunities faced by revitalization efforts, as well as a\r\ntestament to the beauty and poetry of these many languages themselves.[AuthorName]By B. A. Van Sise and Contributions by Crisosto Apache, DeLanna Studi, and dg okpik[\/AuthorName][AuthorBio]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.[\/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]74 color images[\/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][\/CoAuthor][SubTitle]The Poetry of America’s Endangered Tongues[\/SubTitle][ColorPattern]74 color images[\/ColorPattern]","brand":"Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":68383969345759,"sku":"9780764368141","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/0151\/5999\/files\/9780764368141.jpg?v=1793919229","url":"https:\/\/allbridge.shop\/products\/on-the-national-language","provider":"Hadley \u0026 West","version":"1.0","type":"link"}