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Story of Writing May 20, 2025
Season 25
Episode 520
Published 1 year ago
Description
William Shakespeare's sonnets are published, Levi Strauss gets the patent for denim blue jeans (with copper rivets that held the jeans together), and the birthday club includes Honore de Balzac and John Stuart Mill. This episode includes a reading of Shakespeare's sonnet number 17.