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Story of Writing September 16, 2023
Season 1 Episode 115
The signing of the Montreal Protocol, and today's birthday club features Francis Parkman, Miriam Benjamin, and H. A. Rey - with a reading from Parkma…
2 years, 8 months ago
Story of Writing September 15, 2023
Season 1 Episode 114
Charles Darwin lands on the Galápagos Islands, Marilyn Monroe strikes an iconic pose, the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Al…
2 years, 8 months ago
Story of Writing September 14, 2023
Season 1 Episode 113
Handel finishes his masterpiece, "Messiah," and today's birthday club includes William H. Armstrong, Kate Millett, Bernard MacLaverty, and Bonnie Jo …
2 years, 8 months ago
Story of Writing September 13, 2023
Season 1 Episode 112
Henry Hudson reaches the river that now bears his name, the Battle on the Plains of Abraham, the bombardment of Baltimore, Margaret Chase Smith and J…
2 years, 8 months ago
Story of Writing September 10, 2023
Season 1 Episode 109
John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia, Elias Howe is granted a patent for his sewing machine, and the birthday club includes…
2 years, 8 months ago
Story of Writing September 9, 2023
Season 1 Episode 108
The Stono Rebellion, the Compromise of 1850, and happy birthdays to Leo Tolstoy and my dad (those are two different people) - with a reading from Tol…
2 years, 8 months ago
Story of Writing September 8, 2023
Season 1 Episode 107
Michelangelo unveils his sculpture "David," the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance is published - again, the Great Galveston Hurricane slams into Texas, the V…
2 years, 8 months ago
Story of Writing September 7, 2023
Season 1 Episode 106
General William T. Sherman orders the evacuation of Atlanta, and the birthday club includes, Louisa Ann Swain, Elinor Wylie, Edith Sitwell, Dorothy M…
2 years, 8 months ago
Story of Writing September 6, 2023
Season 1 Episode 105
The Mayflower sets sail, Salem is settled in Massachusetts Bay Colony, Louisa Ann Swain casts an historic vote, and the birthday club includes Isabel…
2 years, 8 months ago
Story of Writing September 5, 2023
Season 1 Episode 104
D'Artagnan comes between two of the most flamboyant figures of 17th Century France, Czar Peter I taxed nobles' facial hair, the UK declares war on Ch…
2 years, 8 months ago