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Story of Writing February 11, 2025
Season 25 Episode 211
"Gerrymandering" begins, GM makes UAW a cohesive labor union, the Seabed Arms Control Treaty is signed, and Joy Williams and Mo Willems celebrate the…
1 year, 5 months ago
Story of Writing February 10, 2025
Season 25 Episode 210
The birthday club includes William Allen White and Boris Pasternak - with a reading from White's editorial apologizing for an earlier piece in which …
1 year, 5 months ago
Story of Writing, February 10, 2025
Season 25 Episode 210
The birthday includes William Allen White and Boris Pasternak - with a reading from White's 1906 editorial apologizing for a misinformed piece he wro…
1 year, 5 months ago
Story of Writing February 1, 2025
Season 25 Episode 201
Abraham Lincoln signs the 13th Amendment, the Voice of America begins broadcasting, the Woolworth's lunch-counter sit ins begin, and it is the birthd…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Story of Writing January 31, 2025
Season 25 Episode 131
Congress approves the 13th Amendment, Truman approves production of thermonuclear weapons, the Winter Soldier Investigation, and the birthday club in…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Story of Writing January 30, 2025
Season 25 Episode 130
Antarctica is discovered, San Francisco gets its name, COVID-19 is declared a PHEIC, and it is the birthday of Richard Brautigan - with a reading of …
1 year, 5 months ago
The Story of Writing January 29, 2025
Season 25 Episode 129
Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" is published, Liliʻuokalani and the Kingdom of Hawaii are overthrown - by the stroke of a pen, and it is the birthday o…
1 year, 6 months ago
Story of Writing January 28, 2025
Season 25 Episode 128
Jane Austen's masterwork "Pride and Prejudice" is published - with a reading from the novel.
1 year, 6 months ago
Story of Writing January 27, 2025
Season 25 Episode 127
The Outer Space Treaty, the Paris Peace Accords, the U.S. National Recording Preservation Board creates its registry, and it is the birthday of Lewis…
1 year, 6 months ago