Episode Details
Back to Episodes
Story of Writing July 7, 2026
Season 26
Episode 707
Published 2 weeks ago
Description
In New York City, riots break out against abolition of slavery, the U.S. begins its first military draft, the Ziegfeld Follies begin a 20-year run, and bakeries start selling sliced bread - with a reading from Countee Cullen's poem "Bread and Wine."