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Story of Writing June 27, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 627
The birthday club includes Emma Goldman, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Helen Keller, and Grace Lee Boggs - with a reading from Boggs' "The Next American Revo…
1 year, 11 months ago
Story of Writing June 26, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 626
The Allies sign the United Nations Charter, Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" is published, J. K. Rowling publishes the first Harry Potter book, and th…
1 year, 11 months ago
Story of Writing June 25, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 625
Custer's last stand and George Orwell's birthday - with a reading of Lucille Clifton's "won't you celebrate with me."
1 year, 11 months ago
Story of Writing June 24, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 624
John Cabot lands in the New World, Spain and France try but fail to take the Rock of Gibraltar, and happy birthday to Ambrose Bierce - with a reading…
1 year, 11 months ago
Story of Writing June 23, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 623
The "Type-Writer" is patented, Canada makes its National Park System, the Antarctic Treaty is signed, Title IX is strengthened to make schools and ed…
1 year, 11 months ago
Story of Writing June 22, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 622
Galileo is tried for heliocentrism, the U.S. creates its Department of Justice, Nazi Germany forces France to sign an armistice, and the U.S. initiat…
1 year, 11 months ago
Story of Writing June 21, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 621
Marie-Joseph Angelique is condemned to death for burning most of Old Montreal, Empress Cixi declares war on western powers, and in 1964, this was the…
1 year, 11 months ago
Story of Writing June 20, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 620
The telegraph and the telephone exchange come into being, the Detroit Race Riot, and happy birthday to Lillian Hellman - with a reading from her memo…
1 year, 11 months ago
Story of Writing June 19, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 619
The first, official game of baseball is played, enslaved people in Texas were finally told they were free - creating Juneteenth, and President John F…
1 year, 11 months ago
Story of Writing June 18, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 618
Napoleon is defeated at Waterloo, Charles Darwin learns that another naturalist had developed a theory of evolution that was nearly identical to his …
1 year, 11 months ago