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Story of Writing July 19, 2025
Season 25 Episode 719
The first women’s rights convention in the U.S. begins in Seneca Falls, New York and it is the birthday of Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson - with a reading…
1 year ago
Story of Writing July 18, 2025
Season 25 Episode 718
The Hough Riots convulse Cleveland and the birthday club includes William Makepeace Thackary, Nelson Mandela, and Hunter S. Thompson - with a reading…
1 year ago
Story of Writing July 17, 2025
Season 25 Episode 717
Spain sells Florida to the US, Willis Carrier designs the air conditioner, the International Criminal Court is established in The Hague, and it is th…
1 year ago
Story of Writing July 16, 2025
Season 25 Episode 716
J. D. Salinger publishes "The Catcher in the Rye" and it is the birthday of Ida B. Wells - with a reading from Wells' speech "Lynch Law in America."
1 year ago
Story of Writing July 15, 2025
Season 25 Episode 715
The Rosetta Stone is found, the Spanish Inquisition ends after 350 years, Alzheimer's is named, and the birthday club includes Clement Clark Moore an…
1 year ago
Story of Writing July 14, 2025
Season 25 Episode 714
Storming the Bastille, US Pres. John Adams signs the Sedition Act, the second catastrophic fire in Chicago burns nearly 50 acres of the city, and the…
1 year ago
Story of Writing July 13, 2025
Season 25 Episode 713
The birthday club includes George Weller, Marcia Brown, and Cameron Crowe - with a reading of Jean Blewett's "Miracles."
1 year ago
Story of Writing July 12, 2025
Season 25 Episode 712
It's Thoreau-Neruda Day! Henry David Thoreau and Pablo Neruda were born on this day. Doris Grumbach, too. This episode includes a reading from Thorea…
1 year ago
Story of Writing July 11, 2025
Season 25 Episode 711
Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton face each other in a duel, "To Kill A Mockingbird" is published, and the birthday club includes E. B. White and Jhu…
1 year ago
Story of Writing July 10, 2025
Season 25 Episode 710
The French declare war on England - diverting English forces from crushing the American Revolution, Mackenzie crosses the North American continent, F…
1 year ago