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Story of Writing December 8, 2023
Season 1 Episode 198
A woman performs for the first time on a public English stage, and happy birthdays to John Banville and Mary Gordon - with a reading from "House of M…
2 years, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 7, 2023
Season 1 Episode 197
Japan attacks the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor, and it is the birthday of Willa Cather - with a reading from Cather's "My Antonia."
2 years, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 6, 2023
Season 1 Episode 196
Georgia becomes the 27th and last state needed to ratify the U.S. Constitution's 13th Amendment, Theodore Roosevelt adds his corollary to the Monroe …
2 years, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 5, 2023
Season 1 Episode 195
The National Council of Negro Women is founded, London's Great Smog, the Montgomery bus boycott begins, and the birthday club includes Christina Ross…
2 years, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 3, 2023
Season 1 Episode 193
The birthday club includes Octavia Hill, Joseph Conrad, and Gussie Davis - with a reading from "The Awakening," by Kate Chopin.
2 years, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 4, 2023
Season 1 Episode 194
"The Observer" and "Los Angeles Times" publish their first editions, North Carolina ratifies the 13th Amendment, the Million Dollar Quartet records t…
2 years, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 2, 2023
Season 1 Episode 192
Sweden approves its Freedom of the Press Act, and the birthday club includes David Macaulay, Elizabeth Berg, George Saunders, and Ann Patchett - with…
2 years, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 1, 2023
Season 1 Episode 191
The draft lottery, and the birthday club includes Jan Brett, Candace Bushnell, and Jo Walton - with a reading from "Frankenstein," by Mary Wollstonec…
2 years, 5 months ago
Story of Writing November 30, 2023
Season 1 Episode 190
Ann Hodges gets hit by a meteorite, and the birthday club includes some serious heavy hitters: Mark Twain, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Shirley Chisholm, an…
2 years, 5 months ago
Story of Writing November 29, 2023
Season 1 Episode 189
The Beatles release "I Wanna Hold Your Hand," Atari releases "Pong," and the birthday club includes Louisa May Alcott, C. S. Lewis, and Madeleine L'E…
2 years, 5 months ago