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Story of Writing November 6, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1106
The Charter of the Forest is sealed in London, and the birthday club includes Derrick Bell, Michael Cunningham, and Colson Whitehead - with a reading…
1 year, 6 months ago
Story of Writing November 5, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1105
The Gunpowder Treason is stopped in London, Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for voting, and the U.S. issues its first patent for an automobile. Englan…
1 year, 6 months ago
Story of Writing November 4, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1104
Sigmund Freud publishes "The Interpretation of Dreams," and happy birthdays to Will Rogers and Charles Frazer - with a reading from Rogers' newspaper…
1 year, 6 months ago
Story of Writing November 3, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1103
English King Henry VIII becomes head of the Anglican Church, feminist playwright Olympe de Gouges meets a sticky end for pointing out that women are …
1 year, 6 months ago
Story of Writing November 2, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1102
Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenities for publishing "Lady Chatterly's Lover," and the U.S. top brass decides the public should get more o…
1 year, 6 months ago
Story of Writing November 1, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1101
Shakespeare's "Othello" premiers, "The Tempest," too, Edmund Burke publishes his polemic "Reflections on the Revolution in France," and the U.S. Libr…
1 year, 6 months ago
Story of Writing October 31, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1031
Martin Luther nails his 95 Theses to the Castle Church door, the Netherlands Leiden University Library opens, and the birthday club includes Marie Lo…
1 year, 6 months ago
Story of Writing October 30, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1030
Slave rebellion leader Nat Turner is arrested, the October Manifesto gives Russia a parliamentary monarchy, Orson Welles broadcasts H. G. Well's "The…
1 year, 6 months ago
Story of Writing October 29, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1029
The opera Don Giovanni premiers, the International Red Cross is established, and this is Black Tuesday. Happy birthday to David Remnick - with a read…
1 year, 7 months ago
Story of Writing October 28, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1028
Columbus lands in what is now Cuba, but he thought he was in Japan. Some of the first institutions of higher ed in new world are established. Jonatha…
1 year, 7 months ago