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Slurs, Barbs, Digs: Robert Lopez on the Power of Single-Syllable Epithets

Slurs, Barbs, Digs: Robert Lopez on the Power of Single-Syllable Epithets

Reflections on Racist Language, From the Schoolyard to the Kitchen

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Bryan Washington has won the £30,000 Dylan Thomas Prize.

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A journal Jim Morrison wrote in Paris will soon be up for auction.

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This AI-generated dictionary is very cool and also terrifying.

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