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Story of Writing September 9, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 909
The U.S. Congress agrees to the compromise of 1850 and it is the birthday of Leo Tolstoy - with a reading from his landmark work "War and Peace."
1 year, 10 months ago
Story of Writing September 8, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 908
Michelangelo's sculpture David was unveiled in Florence, the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance is published, and a reading from Oscar Wilde's "The Portrait o…
1 year, 10 months ago
Story of Writing September 7, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 907
Union General William T. Sherman orders the evacuation of Atlanta, and the birthday club includes C. J. Dennis, Elinor Wylie, Edith Sitwell, Dorothy …
1 year, 10 months ago
Story of Writing September 6, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 906
The Pilgrims set sail on the Mayflower, Louisa Ann Swain becomes the first American woman to legally cast a ballot, and the birthday club includes Is…
1 year, 10 months ago
Story of Writing September 5, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 905
Russia imposes a tax on beards, the UK declares war on China, and U.S. forces arrest "Tokyo Rose." Happy birthday to Jonathan Kozol - with a reading …
1 year, 10 months ago
Story of Writing September 4, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 904
Los Angeles is founded, Kodak is registered as a trademark, and Evelyn Waugh publishes "A Handful of Dust." The birthday club includes Richard Wright…
1 year, 10 months ago
Story of Writing September 3, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 903
The British Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell dies, the Treaty of Paris ends the American Revolutionary War, and Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery…
1 year, 10 months ago
Story of Writing September 2, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 902
For the first time, Theodore Roosevelt says "Walk softly and carry a big stick," the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, and the birthda…
1 year, 10 months ago
Story of Writing September 1, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 901
The first female switchboard operator begins working, and the birthday club includes Johann Pachelbel, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Harriet Shaw Weaver, Liz…
1 year, 10 months ago
Story of Writing August 31, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 831
Union forces attack Atlanta, Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his "navigable balloon," Russian and the UK carve up Persia, the U.S. asserts its neutral…
1 year, 10 months ago