Intensive Writer’s Retreat

Our first intensive writer’s retreat was held in New York City in mid-April, 2013 with Liu Sola, Yusef Komunyakaa, Dmitry Glukhovsky and myself. Grethe Holby, far right,…

Dark Matter of the Mind

“Dark Matter of the Mind: How Unseen Forces Shape our Words and World” for the University of Chicago Press, for release in late 2014.…
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Language the Cultural Tool

BUY NOWThis book, on the nature of language, was released in March of 2012. It is Language: The Cultural Tool for Pantheon (US) and…

Don’t Sleep There are Snakes

BUY NOWDon’t Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazon Jungle, based on my thirty years of living and contact with these wonderful folks,…

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A Language without Numbers? Daniel Everett | the Piraha has no words for specific numbers Daniel Leonard Everett (born 26 July 1951) is an…

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

This is one of the leading papers in Germany. Here is the review of my book “Language: the Cultural Tool” that was published on…

Television

The Institute of Art and Ideas – Debates from the Howthelightgetsin Festivalshttp://iai.tv/video/ultimate-proof http://iai.tv/video/noble-ancestors-and-modern-selves http://iai.tv/video/dark-matter-of-the-mind (or take the course) http://iai.tv/video/after-evolution Author TalksLanguage: the Cultural Tool…

Radio and Podcasts

​ Podcasts April 2017The Why Factor, BBC World Service March 28, 2016The Exchange December 29, 2015The Humanist Hour January 18th, 20132ser Daily Podcast March…

Music

Xigagai Ken Ueno, is inspired by the Pirahas. Piraha-inspired Music The Three Astronauts. Scroll down on this page and you can see the Pirahas role…

Photos

My High Resolution Photos for Publicity Purposes

Movies

Grammar of Happiness A Language without Numbers? The Grammar of Happiness The film about my life and work, Grammar of Happiness, was produced by Essential…

Film Clips

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