17 May 2017

Russ Rymer: When a language goes silent

From Nine To Noon, 10:08 am on 17 May 2017

Author, freelance journalist and former Guggenheim Fellow Russ Rymer talks to Kathryn Ryan about his award winning National Geographic investigation into the death of tribal languages. In his Auckland Writers Festival "Vanishing Voices" address he will calibrate what is lost when language of any kind goes silent. He is also appearing at the Auckland Writers Festival to talk about the long-form essay - exploring the art of pursuing and hanging onto a subject to craft a piece of creative non-fiction.