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Story of Writing December 23, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1223
Jane Austen publishes "Emma," gender equality takes a step forward in the UK, and the birthday club includes Norman Maclean and Jorma Kaukonen - with…
1 year, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 22, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1222
Beethoven gives the performance of his career, Mao sends China's urban teenagers to be educated by rural poverty, and Doctors Without Borders is foun…
1 year, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 21, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1221
Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" premiers, the crossword first appears, and happy birthdays to Maria Cadilla and Frank Zappa - with a reading from Ibs…
1 year, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 20, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1220
South Carolina is the first to secede from the Union, Captain America appears for the first time, and the film "It's a Wonderful Life" premiers - wit…
1 year, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 19, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1219
Thomas Paine publishes his first pamphlet "The American Crisis" in support of independence for colonists. Happy birthdays to Carter Woodson and Edith…
1 year, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 18, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1218
"The Nutcracker" premiers in Russia and happy birthdays to Saki and Joel Hirschhorn - with a reading from Saki's "The Chronicles of Clovis."
1 year, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 17, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1217
"Vogue" publishes its first issue and happy birthdays to Ford Madox Ford and William Safire - with a reading from Ford's "The Good Soldier."
1 year, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 16, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1216
Happy birthday to Jane Austen - with a reading from her masterpiece "Pride and Prejudice."
1 year, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 15, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1215
Italo Marchiony gets the patent for an ice cream cone maker, the film "Gone With the Wind" premiers, and psychiatrists declare that homosexuality is …
1 year, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 14, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1214
The first trans-Pacific cables were run from California to Hawaii and UNESCO adopts the Convention against Discrimination in Education. Happy birthda…
1 year, 5 months ago