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Story of Writing May 26, 2026
Season 26 Episode 526
The House Committee on Un-American Activities holds its first session and the birthday club includes Miles Davis, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, and Raina Telge…
8 hours ago
Story of Writing video Ralph Waldo Emerson May 25, 2026
Season 26 Episode 521
Why did the Universalist Church consider Ralph Waldo Emerson a heretic? Maybe we should be glad it did...
1 day, 1 hour ago
Story of Writing May 25, 2026
Season 26 Episode 525
The Constitutional Congress begins in Philadelphia, "Star Wars" hits movie screens, and the birthday club includes Ralph Waldo Emerson and Rosario Ca…
1 day, 8 hours ago
Story of Writing May 24, 2026
The birthday club includes Bob Dylan and Michael Chabon - with a reading from Lorella Cidroni's "Italian Critics of Capitalism."
2 days, 8 hours ago
Story of Writing May 23, 2026
Season 26 Episode 523
The birthday club includes Margaret Fuller, Isabella Ford, Scott O'Dell, Margaret Wise Brown, and Mitch Albom - with a reading from Fuller's "Woman i…
3 days, 8 hours ago
Story of Writing May 22, 2026
Season 26 Episode 522
Lewis and Clark begin their exploration across the western half of North America, Verdi premiers "Requiem," the people of Ireland vote to legalize sa…
4 days, 8 hours ago
Story of Writing May 21, 2026
Season 26 Episode 521
"Bleeding Kansas," Clara Barton establishes the American Red Cross, and the birthday club includes Alexander Pope and Harold Robbins - with a reading…
5 days, 8 hours ago
Story of Writing May 20, 2026
Season 26 Episode 520
William Shakespeare's sonnets are published for the first time, Levi Strauss gets the patent for denim jeans with rivets, and the birthday club inclu…
6 days, 8 hours ago
Story of Writing May 19, 2026
Season 26 Episode 519
"Centigrade" flips the Celsius temperature scale, Parks Canada is established, and the birthday club includes Jim Lehrer and novelist Jodi Picoult - …
1 week ago
Story of Writing May 18, 2026
Season 26 Episode 518
Rhode Island bans slavery (sort of) and the birthday club includes Omar Khayyam, Frank Capra, and Tina Fey - with a reading from Khayyam's "The Rubai…
1 week, 1 day ago