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Story of Writing June 5, 2023
Season 1
Episode 11
Published 2 years, 11 months ago
Description
A day that repeatedly brought sweeping changes: the end of the Ming Dynasty and beginning of the Qing Dynasty, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," Elvis plays "Hound Dog" on TV, Khomeini is jailed by the Shah of Iran, the Six-Day War, Robert F. Kennedy, and the Tank Man of Tiananmen Square. Also, a reading from Henry David Thoreau's essay "Walking."