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Story of Writing March 18, 2026
Season 26 Episode 318
The New York Conspiracy of 1741 begins and the birthday club includes Wilfred Owen, Fred Shuttlesworth, and John Updike. This episode includes a read…
2 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing March 17, 2026
Season 26 Episode 317
The birthday club includes Bayard Rusin, Nat King Cole, and Penelope Lively - with a reading from Lively's "Moon Tiger."
2 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing March 16, 2026
Season 26 Episode 316
The birthday club includes Ethel Anderson, Erik P. Kelly, Henny Youngman, Ursula Goodenough, and Jorge Ramos - with a reading of one of Youngman's lo…
2 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing March 15, 2026
Season 26 Episode 315
The Ides of March, indulgences for non-Anglican Christians in England, US President Lyndon B. Johnson says "We Shall Overcome," and the birthday club…
2 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing March 14, 2026
Season 26 Episode 314
Pelican Bay Wildlife National Refuge is created and the birthday club includes Arthur O'Shaughnessy, Albert Einstein, Billy Crystal, and Ben Cohen - …
2 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing March 13, 2026
Season 26 Episode 313
The U.S. Congress agrees to protect the freedom of slaves who make it to Union territory, and the birthday club includes Janet Flanner, Edward O'Hare…
2 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing March 12, 2026
Season 26 Episode 312
The birthday club includes Jack Kerouac, Harry Harrison, Virginia Hamilton, James Taylor, and Dave Eggers - with a reading from Kerouac's "On the Roa…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing March 11, 2026
Season 26 Episode 311
Verdi's opera "Rigoletto" premiers and the birthday club includes Wanda Gag, Ralph Abernathy, Shelley Zegart, and Douglas Adams - with a reading from…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing March 10, 2026
Season 26 Episode 310
Events on this day led the French writer Voltaire to write "Treatise on Tolerance," the U.S. Senate ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and the…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing March 9, 2026
Season 26 Episode 309
Adam Smith's capitalist bible "The Wealth of Nations" is published, the U.S. Supreme Court rules in the "Amistad" case, and the birthday club include…
2 months, 2 weeks ago