At the University of Michigan (UM) Wallace House Presents October 2022 event, author and journalist Anna Quindlen joined UM Literature, Science, and the Arts dean Anne Curzan to discuss Quindlen’s book Write for Your Life and how anyone can write.
And why everyone should.
Continue reading Takeaways from Write for Your Life: An Evening with Anna Quindlen
While I was watching the WordCamp Miami 2017 livestream and sharing highlights on Twitter, I watched a slew of tweets go by about language and texting.
The tweets caught my attention because they used the same hashtag.
And because the tweets reminded me of my conversation about language and words with Anne Curzan after her TEDxUofM talk a few years ago. Continue reading Anne Curzan on the English Language, Texting, and Going Grammando
At this year’s TEDxUofM event, University of Michigan Professor Anne Curzan finished out the day with her talk, What Makes a Word “Real”?
Curzan had me (and the audience) laughing and gasping with her discussion of dictionaries, word usage, and how words have changed meaning over time. Continue reading TEDxUofM 2014: What Makes a Word “Real”?