Praise for On the National Language:

Our verdict? Get it. A rich survey— author and photographer Van Sise offers a rich profile of the many languages found in the United States [and] does a great job of contextualizing the common tragedy of language loss.   - Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Van Sise's previous books:

Among remarkable books of the year, none is likely to be more startlingly original than B. A. Van Sise’s. —Joyce Carol Oates, The Times of London

“Why do we desperately need books like this? At least for me, it’s because we occasionally need to be reminded that there are still mysteries out there, questions that have no answers. It is nice to be re-introduced to wonder.” —Arun Venugopal, NPR

"Sometimes dark, sometimes witty, always surprising, and always spot-on.... there is always more to B.A.'s work than at first it seems." —Roger Leege, Dek Unu

"A truly powerful collection of images, stories, allegories and lives...Van Sise is writing with light, as if drawn by Picasso himself. It is extremely difficult to make this look simple. The light transforms from a simple instrument and becomes representative of amusement and laughter, it is hope in the darkness, it is sunlight from an invisible window that warms and comforts. This is the stuff that moves mountains, the small action that ripples across millennia." —Cary Benbow, F-Stop Magazine