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Story of Writing February 20, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 220
The U.S. Post Office Department is founded, Rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville" and Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake" premiere, "The Futurist Mani…
2 years, 5 months ago
Story of Writing February 19, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 219
New Amsterdam becomes New York (again), "The Feminine Mystique" is published, and the birthday club includes Kay Boyle, Carson McCullers, Smokey Robi…
2 years, 5 months ago
Story of Writing February 18, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 218
"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is published, the Chicago Seven are acquitted, and the birthday club includes Wallace Stegner and Toni Morrison - wi…
2 years, 5 months ago
Story of Writing February 17, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 217
Happy birthdays to Isabelle Eberhardt, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, and Chaim Potok - with a reading from one of Eberhardt's notebook.
2 years, 5 months ago
Story of Writing February 16, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 216
The first anti-discrimination law in the U.S. is passed and happy birthday to Otis Blackwell - with a reading from "Plum Bun," by Jessie Redmon Fause…
2 years, 5 months ago
Story of Writing February 15, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 215
Christopher Columbus, while sailing on the ship "Nina," wrote a letter describing some of the things he saw on his 1492 voyage of discovery, and happ…
2 years, 5 months ago
Story of Writing February 14, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 214
Voyager 1 snaps the picture titled "The Pale Blue Dot," and the birthday club includes Christopher Latham Sholes and Carl Bernstein - with a reading …
2 years, 5 months ago
Story of Writing February 13, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 213
ASCAP takes shape, the Dresden Fire Bombing begins, Australia apologizes for its mistreatment of Aboriginal populations, and the birthday club includ…
2 years, 5 months ago
Story of Writing February 12, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 212
Quite the birthday club: Abraham Lincoln, Charles Darwin, and Judy Blume - with a reading from Lincoln's second inaugural address.
2 years, 5 months ago
Story of Writing February 11, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 211
The first accusation of Gerrymandering, the Flint "Sit Down" Strike, the Seabed Arms Control Treaty, and happy birthdays to Joy Williams and Mo Wille…
2 years, 5 months ago