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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
Story of Writing January 26, 2025
Season 25 Episode 126
The Rocky Mountain National Park is created and the birthday club includes Angela Davis and Jonathan Carroll - with a reading from Virginia Woolf's "…
1 year, 6 months ago
Story of Writing January 25, 2025
Season 25 Episode 125
The birthday club includes Robert Burns, W. Somerset Maugham, and Virginia Woolf - with a reading of Burns' "A Red, Red Rose."
1 year, 6 months ago
The Story of Writing January 24, 2025
Season 25 Episode 124
Gold is discovered at Sutter's Mill in California, canned beer hits the shelves for the first time, and the birthday club includes Signe Rink and Edi…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Story of Writing January 23, 2025
Season 25 Episode 123
The first female MD in the U.S., the frisbee takes off, the 24th Amendment is ratified - banning poll taxes, and it is the birthday of Camilla Collet…
1 year, 6 months ago
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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 months ago