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Story of Writing November 2, 2025
Season 25 Episode 1102
Penguin Books is exonerated of charges of obscenity for publishing D. H. Lawrence's "Lady Chatterly's Lover," U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson decides th…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing November 1, 2025
Season 25 Episode 1101
Shakespeare's "Othello" and "The Tempest" premiere, Edmund Burke publishes his pamphlet "Reflections on the Revolution in France," The U.S. Library o…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing October 31, 2025
Season 25 Episode 1031
Martin Luther nails his 95 Theses to the Church Door, the Netherlands Leiden University Library opens, and the birthday club includes Marie Louise An…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing October 30, 2025
Season 25 Episode 1030
Nat Turner is arrested for starting a slave rebellion, Czar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, Orson Wells narrates "The War of the Worlds" an…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing October 29, 2025
Season 25 Episode 1029
The opera "Don Giovanni" premiers in Prague, the International Red Cross is voted into existence, and it is "Black Tuesday" - the stock market crash …
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing October 28, 2025
Season 25 Episode 1028
It's a big day for colleges in the new world, Jonathan Swift publishes "Gulliver's Travels," and the birthday club includes Evelyn Waugh, Virginia He…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Story of Writing October 27, 2025
Season 25 Episode 1027
The Missouri Governor signed an order to exterminate mormons, a Soviet naval officer refuses to launch a nuclear torpedo, and it's the birthday of Sy…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Story of Writing October 26, 2025
Season 25 Episode 1026
Wyatt Earp was part of the Gunfight at the OK Corral, Ida B. Wells publishes her pamphlet "Southern Horrors," and Hilary Clinton and Marisha Pessl ce…
9 months ago
Story of Writing October 25, 2025
Season 25 Episode 1025
The Light Brigade charges the wrong guns, the Zinoviev letter is published in the UK, and birthdays included Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, Anne Tyler, Zadi…
9 months ago
Story of Writing October 24, 2025
Season 25 Episode 1024
A transcontinental telegraph line begins operations, the first person to actually survive the plunge goes over Niagara Falls, about 90 percent of Ice…
9 months ago