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The Sound of 1776: What the Language in Our Founding Documents Reveals

The following is a guest blog post written by Dr. Anne Curzan. As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we may take for granted the name…
A bookshelf in the Library at Planet Word with a selection of books, some of which have been challenged or banned across the country.
From the Founder

Banned Books

If you’ve been following the “word news” lately, you’ll know that the big issue of the last few weeks has been book banning. Wait a minute, you might be excused…

From the Founder

A Year of Words

Planet Word opened officially on October 22, 2020, in the middle of the pandemic. People asked me why we’d open at such a risky time health-wise and financially, but I…

African American man in hat listening to a video essay in Words Matter gallery
From the Founder

Words that Wound

When we started to plan the exhibits we’d have at Planet Word, we always knew that one gallery would be called “Words Matter,” a room where visitors would hear real…