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Story of Writing April 27, 2026
Season 26 Episode 427
It is the birthday of feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft. We look back on her life, her writing, and influence. This episode also includes a reading…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Story of Writing April 26, 2026
Season 26 Episode 426
Napoleon Bonaparte signs a general amnesty for French emigres who fled the 1789 Revolution and the birthday club includes Ma Rainey, Ludwig Wittgenst…
1 month ago
Story of Writing April 25, 2026
Season 26 Episode 425
A scientific paper identifies - for the first time - the double-helix shape of DNA, Robert Noyce is granted the U.S. patent for an integrated circuit…
1 month ago
Story of Writing April 24, 2026
Season 26 Episode 424
The U.S. Library of Congress is established and the birthday club includes Anthony Trollope and Robert Penn Warren - with a reading from Trollope's n…
1 month ago
Story of Writing April 23, 2026
Season 26 Episode 423
The birthday club includes William Shakespeare, George Steiner, Roy Orbison, and Victoria Glendinning - with a reading from "A Midsummer Night's Drea…
1 month ago
Story of Writing April 22, 2026
Season 26 Episode 422
Happy Earth Day! We look at the origins of this day and the birthday club includes Henry Fielding, Immanuel Kant, and Louise Gluck - with a reading f…
1 month ago
Story of Writing April 21, 2026
Season 26 Episode 421
The birthday club includes Charlotte Bronte and John Muir. This episode also includes a reading from Bronte's novel "Jane Eyre."
1 month ago
Story of Writing April 20, 2026
Season 26 Episode 420
In New Amsterdam, an important moment in religious tolerance, U.S. President William McKinley signs the declaration of the Spanish-American War, and …
1 month ago
Story of Writing April 19, 2026
Season 26 Episode 419
The Netherlands recognize the U.S. as an independent nation, Mae West is arrested for obscenity, and we hear a reading from Zora Neale Hurston's "The…
1 month, 1 week ago
Story of Writing April 18, 2026
Season 26 Episode 418
The birthday club includes James McCune Smith, Kathy Acker, and Susan Faludi - with a reading from Anne Bronte's first novel "Agnes Grey."
1 month, 1 week ago