Will Homer Save Us?
Have we become a post-literate society? That’s the debate currently agitating historians, journalists, English teachers, and reading researchers. (Or, should I say, the debate that is raging once again, since…
Patty Isacson Sabee Joins Planet Word as its First Executive Director
D.C.’s Franklin School to become nation’s first interactive museum of words and language
A short essay listing the five favorite words (and why) by contributor Erin McKean, a noted lexicographer, author of seven books, and founder of the nonprofit online dictionary Wordnik.com.
Set Top Box, part of a series of artworks that deconstructs a television broadcast in real time to reveal hidden patterns of language
An interview about talkobamato.me with Ed King, who describes creating this wildly popular website, his inspiration, the implications of the website, and the potential applications of the technology