Language, Liberty & the Weight of America’s 250th Anniversary
Shortly after Planet Word opened, I told our programming staff that we needed to begin thinking about how we would observe special, word-related occasions. Well, the biggest one of all…
Can physical books and eBooks coexist, or are they hopelessly at odds? Linguist Naomi Baron weighs in.
Peter Wegner blends art and language in this adverb-inspired installation.
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