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Story of Writing April 30, 2025
Season 25 Episode 430
The first state park is created in the U.S. and the birthday club includes John Crowe Ransom, Annie Dillard, and Jane Campion - with a reading from D…
1 year, 2 months ago
Story of Writing April 29, 2025
Season 25 Episode 429
Jerry Seinfeld and Amy Krouse Rosenthal were born on this day. We look at Rosenthal's work and share a reading from her New York Time's essay "You Ma…
1 year, 2 months ago
Story of Writing April 28, 2025
Season 25 Episode 428
Muhammad Ali refuses to be drafted into the Vietnam War and Harper Lee and Terry Pratchett were born on this day. This episode includes a reading fro…
1 year, 3 months ago
Story of Writing April 27, 2025
Season 25 Episode 427
On her birthday, we look at the life and writing of Mary Wollstonecraft - including a reading from her landmark work "A Vindication of the Rights of …
1 year, 3 months ago
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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months ago