A Living Library of 100 Books chosen by 100 cultural thinkers and curated by linguist scholar Eva Barbarossa. The Mother Tongue library and popup bookstore weaves together diverse perspectives on power and language: from the conversations of plants, to the secret lexicon of an extinct female-only language.

It spans cultures, eras, and genres: from protest poetry to con artists, from political philosophy to children's books. 

Your mother tongue is the first language you learned to speak. By understanding the language of power and making it our native tongue, we can hold it, bend it, and channel it as our own.