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Story of Writing September 19, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 919
U.S. President George Washington publishes his farewell address, and the birthday club includes Sadie Delany, Rachel Fields, and William Golding - wi…
1 year, 10 months ago
Story of Writing September 18, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 918
Tiffany and Young opens its doors and the New-York Daily Times publishes its first edition - both became NYC landmarks, now known as Tiffany & Co. an…
1 year, 10 months ago
Story of Writing September 17, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 917
The U.S. Constitution is approved and the Union and Confederate Armies fought the terrible battle of Antietam. The birthday club includes William Car…
1 year, 10 months ago
Story of Writing September 16, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 916
Signing of the Montreal Protocol and the birthday club includes Francis Parkman, Miriam Benjamin, and H. A. Rey - with a reading from Parkman's "The …
1 year, 10 months ago
Story of Writing September 15, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 915
The HMS Beagle - with Charles Darwin aboard - lands on the Galápagos Islands and the 16th St. Church is bombed in Birmingham, Alabama. Happy birthday…
1 year, 10 months ago
Story of Writing September 14, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 914
Handel's Messiah is performed for the first time, the birthday club includes William H. Armstrong, Kate Millett, Bernard MacLaverty, and Bonnie Jo Ca…
1 year, 10 months ago
Story of Writing September 13, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 913
Henry Hudson explores the river named after him in what is now New York, the battle of Quebec ends after three months of siege and 45 minutes of batt…
1 year, 10 months ago
Story of Writing September 12, 2024
Elizabeth Barrett elopes with Robert Browning, JFK delivers his speech, "We Choose to Go to the Moon," and the birthday club includes H. L. Mencken, …
1 year, 10 months ago
Story of Writing September 11, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 911
Some of the best writing on the attacks of September 11, 2001.
The Washington Post piece: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/sept-11-…
1 year, 10 months ago
Story of Writing September 10, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 910
John Smith is named council president of Jamestown colony, Elias Howe is granted a patent for his sewing machine, and the birthday club includes Hann…
1 year, 10 months ago