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Story of Writing June 2, 2026
Season 26 Episode 602
England's lawmakers enflame American passions for revolution by expanding the Quartering Act and the birthday club includes Thomas Hardy, Dorothy Wes…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing May 31, 2026
Season 26 Episode 531
The birthday club includes Walt Whitman, Fred Allen, Al Young, and Svetlana Alexievich - with a reading from Whitman's "Song of the Banner at Daybrea…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing video May 30, 2026
Season 26 Episode 530
On his birthday, remembering the writer Countee Cullen, a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance. This episode includes a reading of Cullen's poem "S…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing May 30, 2026
Season 26 Episode 530
The birthday club includes Countee Cullen, James Chaney, and Idina Menzel - with a reading of Cullen's poem "Saturday's Child."
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing video May 29, 2026
Season 26 Episode 529
T. H. White, the storyteller who struggled - with a reading from his best-known work, "The Sword in the Stone."
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing May 29, 2026
Season 26 Episode 529
Sojourner Truth gives her extemporaneous speech "Ain't I A Woman?" Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" premieres, and Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing video May 28, 2026
Season 26 Episode 527
How the Sierra Club and Amnesty International were written into existence on the same day, though nearly 70 years apart - with a reading from John Mu…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing May 28, 2026
Season 26 Episode 528
The Sierra Club and Amnesty International were written into existence. The birthday club includes Ian Fleming and Maeve Binchy - with a reading from …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing video May 27, 2026
Season 26 Episode 527
Extolling the writing - and wrath - of Julia Ward Howe - with a reading from her "Appeal to Womanhood Throughout the World."
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing May 27, 2026
Season 26 Episode 527
Julia Ward Howe, her writing, and her call for equality and peace - with a reading from her "Appeal to Womanhood Throughout the World."
1 month, 3 weeks ago