Introducing “The Usonian”, a newsletter about storytelling and design
2 min readDec 30, 2020
In 1903, an American writer by the name of James Duff Law introduced a new word into the English lexicon: Usonia.
His rationale for creating the term “Usonia” and its related demonym, “Usonian,” was to create an alternative to calling the US and its citizens “Americans.” This was because the term “American” shortchanged all the citizens of other…
