Nathan Bierma

The phrase "I'm all," a staple Californian dialect over the last two decades, may be on its way out. And some Californians are all, "That's too bad." A recent study...

Carmen Fought needed a textbook for her course on "Language and Ethnicity." She ended up writing one. "The fact that there aren't better materials out there for me to use...

You moved from Paris to London last year. Are you trying to outrun your fame? No, I think it just helps me write from the viewpoint of someone who has...

Psychologist Greg Simpson was studying Korean with the help of a graduate student, a Korean native, when a thought struck him. "You don't have spelling bees, do you?" he asked...

Leon is founder and artistic director of True Colors Theatre Company in Atlanta, which promotes diversity in theater. Why did you leave Atlanta's Alliance Theatre Company to found True Colors?...

Claudia Mosqueda envisioned having to spend years paying off loans when she finished college, but the DePaul University senior will owe no money when she graduates in June. To supplement...

When Marc Smith takes the stage for the Uptown Poetry Slam each Sunday, the crowd responds with the jeer he's trained them to hurl. "I'm the guy who started it...