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Story of Writing January 22, 2025
Season 25 Episode 122
The birthday club includes Lord Byron and August Strindberg - with a reading from Strindberg's "The Road to Damascus."
1 year, 4 months ago
Story of Writing January 21, 2025
Season 25 Episode 121
America's first novel is published and the birthday club includes Noe Ito and Elaine Showalter - with a reading from Mark Twain's "Roughing It."
1 year, 4 months ago
Story of Writing January 20, 2025
Season 25 Episode 120
The birthday club includes Huddie Ledbetter, Nancy Kress,
and Fareed Zakaria - with a reading from Kress' "Crossfire."
1 year, 4 months ago
Story of Writing January 19, 2025
Season 25 Episode 119
The ACLU is formed and the birthday club includes Edgar Allan Poe and Patricia Highsmith - with a reading from Poe's classic "The Cask of Amontillado…
1 year, 4 months ago
Story of Writing January 18, 2025
Season 25 Episode 118
It is the birthday of A. A. Milne - with a reading from one of his best known works, "The House at Pooh Corner."
1 year, 4 months ago
Story of Writing January 17, 2025
Season 25 Episode 117
On Anne Bronte's birthday, a look at her writing and the tension it caused her sister Charlotte - with a reading from Anne's "The Tenant of Wildfell …
1 year, 4 months ago
Story of Writing January 16, 2025
Season 25 Episode 116
Miguel Cervantes' "Don Quixote" is published, Thomas Jefferson's "Statute for Religious Freedom" is adopted, the Chapultepec Peace Accords are signed…
1 year, 4 months ago
Story of Writing January 15, 2025
Season 25 Episode 115
The King of France commissions the founding of New France - now Canada and the birthday club includes Moliere, Richard Martin, and the Reverend Marti…
1 year, 4 months ago
Story of Writing January 14, 2025
Season 25 Episode 114
The U.S. and UK sign the Treaty of Paris - ending the Revolutionary War and it is the birthday of Emily Hahn and Maureen Dowd - with a reading from H…
1 year, 4 months ago
Story of Writing January 13, 2025
Season 25 Episode 113
Emile Zola publishes "J'Accuse!" amid the Dreyfus Affair and it is the birthday of Shonda Rimes - with a reading from Zola's "J'Accuse!"
1 year, 4 months ago