I decided to conduct an utterly unscientific study based on only my gut feelings. Who’s going to stop me? [Insert maniacal laugh here]. I investigated words that are formed from two identical syllables. Some examples: bonbon (chocolate, of course), mahi-mahi (the fish) and yo-yo (a toy that goes back to […]
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Brandon Bernard’s Final Words Before Execution of Death Row Inmate
The final words of Brandon Bernard, who was killed by lethal injection Thursday in one of the last federal executions of the Trump presidency, and whose impending death had triggered a nationwide campaign for clemency, came as an apology to the family of the couple he played a role in […]
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Artist Chris Wormell Turns Words into Birds
The British illustrator Chris Wormell, 65, knew early on that the kind of art he wanted to make would be “a bit backward-looking.” As a boy in London, some of his favorite pictures were wood-engravings by Thomas Bewick, the 18th-century British illustrator known for his vignettes of the natural world. […]