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Story of Writing June 29, 2025
Season 25 Episode 629
The Globe Theater in London burns down and the birthday club includes Giacomo Leopardi, Celia Thaxter, and Antoine St. Exupery - with a reading of Th…
1 year ago
Story of Writing June 28, 2025
Season 25 Episode 628
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, European powers sign the Treaty of Versailles, and it is Mel Brook's birthday - with a look at his writing …
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing June 27, 2025
Season 25 Episode 627
On their birthdays, a look at the writing of Emma Goldman, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Helen Keller, and Grace Lee Boggs - with a reading from Boggs' book …
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing June 26, 2025
Season 25 Episode 626
War-weary allies sign the United Nations Charter, and Shirley Jackson publishes "The Lottery," and J. K. Rowling publishes "Harry Potter and the Sorc…
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing June 25, 2025
Season 25 Episode 625
Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer is killed in combat and sparks one of the more intriguing studies in public relations. On his birthday, a look at th…
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing June 24, 2025
Season 25 Episode 624
John Cabot lands in the New World and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins. On their birthdays, a look at the writing life of Ambrose Bierce and a rea…
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing June 23, 2025
Season 25 Episode 623
The typewriter is patented, the Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, the Antarctic Treaty System goes into effect, Title IX is amended, an…
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing June 22, 2025
Season 25 Episode 622
Galileo is tried by the Roman Catholic Church and the U.S. Department of Justice is established. This episode also includes a reading from Frederick …
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing June 21, 2025
Season 25 Episode 621
Marie-Joseph Angélique is condemned to death for burning Montreal, Chinese Empress Cixi declares war on the Western Powers, and this is the day of th…
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing June 20, 2025
Season 25 Episode 620
Samuel Morse gets the patent for the telegraph, the three-day, 1943 Detroit race riot begins, and it is the birthday of playwright Lillian Hellman - …
1 year, 1 month ago