Kristofer Collins reviews local writers Fred Shaw and Lori Jakiela in the most recent issue of Pittsburgh Magazine:
“The title of Fred Shaw’s debut poetry collection, Argot, refers to that specialized vocabulary used by particular social groups. It’s a way of talking about ourselves without being explicit. In other words, the way we talk, the very language that we use, marks us as belonging to a particular community. Pittsburghese is a good example. If you’re visiting Ireland, say, and you overhear someone in the pub say ‘yinz,’ ‘worsh’ and ‘redd up,’ you immediately know there’s a yinzer in the house.”
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