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Story of Writing July 19, 2026
Season 26 Episode 719
The first women's rights convention in the U.S. opens in Seneca Falls, N.Y. and it is the birthday of writer Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson - with a readi…
1 day ago
Story of Writing July 18, 2026
Season 26 Episode 718
The Hough Uprising rocks Cleveland, and the birthday club includes William Makepeace Thackeray, Nelson Mandela, and Hunter S. Thompson - with a readi…
2 days ago
Story of Writing July 17, 2026
Season 26 Episode 717
The U.S. buys Florida from Spain, Willis Carrier draws up plans for an air conditioner, the International Criminal Court is established, and it's the…
3 days ago
Story of Writing July 16, 2026
Season 26 Episode 716
It is the birthday of Ida B. Wells and the anniversaries of the publishing of J. D. Salinger's classic novel "The Catcher in the Rye" and the launchi…
4 days ago
Story of Writing July 15, 2026
Season 26 Episode 715
Finding the Rosetta Stone, the Spanish Inquisition ends, Alzheimers is named, and the birthday club includes Clement Clark Moore and Iris Murdoch - w…
5 days ago
Story of Writing July 14, 2026
Season 26 Episode 714
It is Bastille Day, U.S. President John Adams signed the Sedition Act, Chicago experiences its second catastrophic fire in three years, and it's the …
6 days ago
Story of Writing July 13, 2026
Season 26 Episode 713
The birthday club includes Margaret Murray: the "Grandmother of Wicca," journalist George Weller, and Cameron Crowe - with a reading from Crowe's mem…
1 week ago
Story of Writing July 12, 2026
Season 26 Episode 712
It is "Thoreau-Neruda" Day! And it's the birthday of author and editor Doris Grumbach. This episode includes a reading from Thoreau's essay "Walking."
1 week, 1 day ago
Story of Writing July 11, 2026
Season 26 Episode 711
America's most famous duel, between Burr and Hamilton, takes place, "To Kill A Mockingbird" is published, a mid-air disaster leaves an indelible lega…
1 week, 2 days ago
Story of Writing July 10, 2026
Season 26 Episode 710
French King Louis XVI declares war on Great Britain to help the American colonists win their independence from the British and the birthday club incl…
1 week, 3 days ago