Twin Tongues - Lacey, Claire
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Mining bilong dispela stori: Exploring the power imbalance between English and Tok Pisin, Twin Tongues transforms the English Language into a character who encounters her own foreignness in Papua New Guinea. This text struggles with the ethics of appropriation, language use and second language teaching, questioning the subjective position of the author, the teacher, the speaker of English. The poetry scrapes away the veneer of objectivity assumed by historical descriptions of Tok Pisin. Twin Tongues tests the flexibility of language, and asks, "What does language sound like to unfamiliar ears?…mehr

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Mining bilong dispela stori: Exploring the power imbalance between English and Tok Pisin, Twin Tongues transforms the English Language into a character who encounters her own foreignness in Papua New Guinea. This text struggles with the ethics of appropriation, language use and second language teaching, questioning the subjective position of the author, the teacher, the speaker of English. The poetry scrapes away the veneer of objectivity assumed by historical descriptions of Tok Pisin. Twin Tongues tests the flexibility of language, and asks, "What does language sound like to unfamiliar ears? And what is English anyway?" "A deeply engrossing collection."--Broken Pencil
Autorenporträt
Claire Lacey is a freelance writer based in Alberta. Her creative work has appeared in filling Station, Dandelion Magazine, Poetry is Dead, and The Windsor Review. Claire holds an M.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Calgary. Her alter ego, Sparkle Motion, plays roller derby.