Anna Shuster

Professional nerd @Wondrium, formerly @PlanetWordDC Dancer 💃 Hoya 👩‍🎓 Hufflepuff 💛 Opinions are allll mine

[SparkNotes @SparkNotes]

Don't make this weird but you must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you

[Tao Leigh Goffe, PhD | 道 🐲🌋 @taoleighgoffe]

re-reading is reading, 📖 because (hopefully) you are a different person each time. the text changes because you have changed.

[Planet Word Museum @PlanetWordDC]

We need YOU to sign up to compete! For the Freestyle round, competitors prepare a 3-4 minute speech packed with puns on a topic of their choice. Remember, the pun is mightier than the sword — sign up for this epic pun battle here: https://t.co/C5XPEjpN60

[Planet Word Museum @PlanetWordDC]

Sun's out, puns out! DC's hottest pun competition is right around the corner — live and in person at Planet Word! In collaboration with @dcimprov , we're thrilled to host this year's Pun DMV and crown the region's best punsters. Get tickets here: https://t.co/AckDReyzHj

[Anna Shuster @WhenTheShuDrops]

After four amazing years, I’m moving on from Planet Word in just two short weeks. I'm so grateful for my time here — it really was my dream job — but now I'm ready to pass this torch on to someone new.

Know anyone who might want to take my place as the voice of Planet Word?

[Planet Word Museum @PlanetWordDC]

Calling all social-savvy word nerds! We're looking for a new Digital Media Manager to help us share the power, fun, and beauty of words with our online audiences. View the full job description here: https://t.co/MiOJudQAOn

[Dr. Maya C. Popa @MayaCPopa]

The brilliant Thomas Mann (from Essays of Three Decades):

[Friday Night @YakuzaFriday]

Friday at last...

[Planet Word Museum @PlanetWordDC]

We hope you have a ✨dazzling✨ Friday! If you’re visiting the museum this weekend, don’t forget to share your favorite words with us in our Words Matter gallery.

[Planet Word Museum @PlanetWordDC]

In contemporary conversations about mental health, one word that often pops up is “mindfulness.” During this Mental Health Awareness month, we wondered...where does that word come from — and why did it suddenly become so popular? #Etymonday

[SparkNotes @SparkNotes]

The fool showing up in the middle of a Shakespearean tragedy

[TZE CHUN @thetzechun]

Broke: Kill your darlings

Woke: Copy and paste your darlings into another document so you can save them for other projects

[Anna Shuster @WhenTheShuDrops]

@poetastrologers On Earth Day, he sent me a link to a Facebook status of his from 2017 that began something like “I am connected to you am connected to we am connected to the earth...” We hadn’t spoken in MONTHS and I was given no other context 😂

[Anna Shuster @WhenTheShuDrops]

@MaddiePrav @DungeonGlitch @fersalvaterra You’re right, I love it ❤️

[SparkNotes @SparkNotes]

quiz: are you romeo "I'm in love with a completely different woman now, keep up guys" montague or more of a juliet "I've never given much thought to marriage wait is that guy looking at me" capulet

[Dr. Maya C. Popa @MayaCPopa]

One of the finest, simplest love poems:

[Anna Shuster @WhenTheShuDrops]

Hello yes I spent a morning loading a gumball machine with poems 🥰 fulfilling my purpose in life y’all

[Planet Word Museum @PlanetWordDC]

Happy Poem in your Pocket Day! If you’re stopping by the museum today, be sure to check our charming gumball machine at the front desk for a little poem to carry with you.

[Anna Shuster @WhenTheShuDrops]

1. I aspire to the lush greenness of this apartment — that bookshelf is gorgeous
2. This is such a mood and I totally agree

[discourse wallah @krutika]

we should all close our laptops more

[Planet Word Museum @PlanetWordDC]

Happy birthday, Shakespeare! Our neighbors at @FolgerLibrary are throwing a big (virtual) birthday party — let's celebrate with them! Try reciting your favorite speech or, in the spirit of Poetry Month, write your very own sonnet. Share your creations with #ShareYourShakespeare!