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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, 3 months 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, 3 months ago
Story of Writing April 18, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 418
The birthday club includes James McHune Smith, Kathy Acker, and Susan Faludi - with a reading from Anne Bronte's "Agnes Grey."
2 years, 3 months ago
Story of Writing April 17, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 417
Christopher Columbus signs the "Capitulations of Santa Fe," and the birthday club includes Thornton Wilder, Cynthia Ozick, and Nick Hornby - with a r…
2 years, 3 months ago
Story of Writing April 16, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 416
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt creates the Natural Bridges National Monument in the state of Utah. The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. writes his…
2 years, 3 months ago
Story of Writing April 15, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 415
Samuel Johnson publishes "A Dictionary of the English Language," a conference leads to the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee,…
2 years, 3 months ago
Story of Writing April 14, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 414
The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage, and the birthday club includes Jean Pierre-Bloch and Loretta Lynn - with a rea…
2 years, 3 months ago
Story of Writing April 13, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 413
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded, and the the birthday club includes Samuel Beckett, Eudora Welty, Seamus Heaney, and Christopher Hitchens -…
2 years, 3 months ago
Story of Writing April 12, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 412
Jonas Salk's polio vaccine is found to be "safe and effective," and the birthday club includes Beverly Cleary, Tom Clancy, and Amy Ray - with a readi…
2 years, 3 months ago
Story of Writing April 11, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 411
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, and the birthday club includes Ellen Goodman, Hattie Gossett, and Marta Breen - …
2 years, 3 months ago