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Story of Writing April 26, 2025
Season 25 Episode 426
Napoleon pardons French nobles and the birthday club includes Ma Rainey, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Bernard Malamud - with a reading from Malamud's "Th…
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing April 25, 2025
Season 25 Episode 425
The double helix structure of DNA is described for the first time, the patent is issued for the computer microchip, and it's the birthday of Albert K…
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing April 24, 2025
Season 25 Episode 424
It is the birthday of the U.S. Library of Congress, Anthony Trollope, and Robert Penn Warren. This episode includes a reading from Trollope's "The Wa…
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing April 23, 2025
Season 25 Episode 423
George Steiner, Jim Fixx, Roy Orbison, and Victoria Glendinning were born on this day. We look at their work and hear a reading from Steiner's "Lesso…
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing April 22, 2025
Season 25 Episode 422
On Earth Day, a look at its origins. And the birthday club includes Henry Fielding, Immanuel Kant, Vladimir Nabokov, and Louise Gluck - with a readin…
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing April 21, 2025
Season 25 Episode 421
On their birthdays, we celebrate Charlotte Brontë and John Muir - with a reading from Brontë's "Jane Eyre."
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing April 20, 2025
Season 25 Episode 420
U.S. President William McKinley signs the declaration that began the Spanish-American War and British politician Enoch Powell delivers his infamous r…
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing April 19, 2025
Season 25 Episode 419
The Netherlands become the second country to recognize the United States as in independent nation. Mae West is jailed for obscenity - and this episod…
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing April 18, 2025
Season 25 Episode 418
The birthday club includes James McCune Smith, Kathy Acker, and Susan Faludi - with a reading from Anne Bronte's "Agnes Grey."
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing April 17, 2025
Season 25 Episode 417
Christopher Columbus signs "The Capitulations of Santa Fe" and the birthday club includes Thornton Wilder, Cynthia Ozick, and Nick Hornby - with a re…
1 year, 1 month ago