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Story of Writing April 28, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 428
During the U.S. war in Vietnam, Muhammad Ali refuses to be drafted into the U.S. Army, and happy birthdays to Harper Lee and Terry Pratchett - with a…
2 years, 1 month ago
Story of Writing April 27, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 427
Happy birthday to Mary Wollstonecraft - with a reading from her landmark work, "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman."
2 years, 1 month ago
Story of Writing April 26, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 426
Napoleon Bonaparte pardons French emigres, and the birthday club includes Ma Rainey, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Bernard Malamud - with a reading from M…
2 years, 1 month ago
Story of Writing April 25, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 425
The double-helix structure of DNA is described for the first time, the U.S. patent is issued for the microchip, and happy birthday to blues guitarist…
2 years, 1 month ago
Story of Writing April 24, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 424
It is the birthday of the U.S. Library of Congress, as well as Anthony Trollope and Robert Penn Warren - with a reading from Trollope's "The Way We L…
2 years, 1 month ago
Story of Writing April 23, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 423
The birthday club includes George Steiner, Jim Fixx, Roy Orbison, and Victoria Glendinning - with a reading from Steiner's "Lessons of the Masters."
2 years, 1 month ago
Story of Writing April 22, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 422
Earth Day becomes a thing, and the birthday club includes Henry Fielding, Immanuel Kant, Vladimir Nabokov, and Louise Gluck - with a reading from Fie…
2 years, 1 month ago
Story of Writing April 21, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 421
Happy birthdays to Charlotte Bronte and John Muir - with a reading from Bronte's "Jane Eyre."
2 years, 1 month ago
Story of Writing April 20, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 420
The Spanish-American War begins, Enoch Powell gives his "River of Blood" speech and happy birthday to Gro Harlem Brundtland - with a reading from her…
2 years, 1 month ago
Story of Writing April 19, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 419
The Netherlands recognize the U.S. as an independent nation, Mae West is sentenced to jail for obscenity - and a reading from Zora Neale Hurston's "T…
2 years, 1 month ago