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Story of Writing December 19, 2023
Season 1 Episode 209
Thomas Paine publishes his first pamphlet titled "American Crisis," and happy birthdays to Carter Woodson and Edith Piaf - with a reading from Woodso…
2 years, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 18, 2023
Season 1 Episode 208
"The Nutcracker" premiers in St. Petersburg, Russia, and happy birthdays to Hector Hugh Munro and Joel Hirschhorn - with a reading from Munro's "The …
2 years, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 18, 2023
Season 1 Episode 208
"The Nutcracker" premiers in St. Petersburg, Russia, and happy birthdays to Hector Hugh Munro and Joel Hirschhorn - with a reading from Munro's "The …
2 years, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 17, 2023
Season 1 Episode 207
"Vogue" publishes its first issue, and the birthday club includes Ford Madox Ford and William Safire - with a reading from Ford's "The Good Soldier."
2 years, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 16, 2023
Season 1 Episode 206
Happy birthday to Jane Austen - with a reading from her masterpiece "Pride and Prejudice."
2 years, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 15, 2023
Season 1 Episode 205
Patenting the ice cream cone maker, the film "Gone with the Wind" hits the silver screen, the declaration that homosexuality was not a psychological …
2 years, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 14, 2023
Season 1 Episode 204
Stretching the first under-sea, trans-Pacific telegraph cable, the Wright Brothers make their first try at powered flight, Roald Amundsen and his tea…
2 years, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 13, 2023
Season 1 Episode 203
The Plymouth Colony opts for a 12-person jury, the founding of the U.S. National Guard, The Rape of Nanjing, and the birthday club includes Jean Gers…
2 years, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 12, 2023
Season 1 Episode 202
The Paris Agreement on Climate Change is adopted, and it is the birthday of Gustave Flaubert - with a reading from his landmark novel "Madame Bovary."
2 years, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 11, 2023
Season 1 Episode 201
French King Louis XVI goes on trial for treason, British General Edmund Allenby walks into Jerusalem, Germany and Italy declare war on the United Sta…
2 years, 5 months ago