Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes
Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
A linguist's memoir of living among the Pirahã people in the Amazon, interwoven with an account of their unique language and culture. Daniel Everett describes how his experiences challenged fundamental theories in linguistics and altered his own worldview.
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Ranked #386 of 1942 · 283 pages · Published 2008 · Nonfiction / Memoir & linguistics
Mentioned 2× on The Joe Rogan Experience across 2 episodes, most recently on Aug 27, 2026.
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Mentioned by Daniel Everett · 01:40:42 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate) · Source: Official episode description (podcast RSS), Transcript (podscripts.co)
Everett says he writes about a Pirahã teenager in his book Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes.
Mentioned by Christopher Ryan · 01:22:55 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate) · Source: Transcript (podscripts.co)
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Book data: ISBN 9780375425028. Page count from Open Library (median of editions). Cover via Open Library Covers.