Inspiration Takeover: Searching for Language for Another Lost Generation with Leeya Mehta

Published: Sept. 9, 2024, 9 a.m.

Today, TIL board member Leeya Mehta focuses on writing a personal essay, inspired by reading James Baldwin\u2019s essay "The New Lost Generation." She talks about the way she is approaching this essay, which she\u2019s calling \u201cThe Day After: Searching for Language for Another Lost Generation.\u201d Leeya suggests exploring exploring the politics of language as an essay prompt, and asks what you notice about language, and how it is being used in popular culture. How you would like to question that language and soften it? You may disagree, and think language is too soft, that we need to turn up the volume. In her attempt at this essay, she\u2019s reflecting on the topic she has set herself. She asks, what does \u201cthe day after\u201d look like?