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‘Trip of the Tongue,’ ‘Gods Without Men,’ ‘Multiplication is for White People’

By Kate Tuttle

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  March 11, 2012

In this week’s Short Takes, Kate Tuttle review Elizabeth Little’s “Trip of the Tongue: Cross-Country Travels in Search of America’s Languages,’’ a linguistic look at the United States; Hari Kunzru’s “Gods Without Men,’’ a time-hopping novel set in the California desert; and Lisa Delpit’s “Multiplication is for White People: Raising Expectations for Other People’s Children,’’

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