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The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, October 11, 2022

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Buddhist monk and author Thich Nat Hanh was born in Vietnam on this day in 1929. He said, “Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” Hanh died in January of 2022.

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, October 10, 2022

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Today is the birthday of Harold Pinter (1930 – 2008) the Nobel Prize winning dramatist used so much silence and pauses in his dialogue the style became known as “Pinteresque” and is now included in the Oxford English Dictionary.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, October 9, 2022

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Singer Songwriter John Lennon was born on this day in Liverpool, England in the year 1940.

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, October 8, 2022

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R.L. Stine, author of the “Goosebumps” series of horror stories for kids, was born Robert Lawrence Steine on this day in 1943.

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, October 7, 2022

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Today is the birthday of poet and essayist Diane Ackerman (1948), of Australian author Thomas Keneally (1935), of Danish physicist Niels Bohr (1885), and of poet James Whitcomb Riley (1849)

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, October 6, 2022

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Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, received its premiere at the Palazzo Pitti in Florence on this date in 1600.

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, October 5, 2022

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Today is the birthday of French philosopher and writer Denis Diderot, born in Langres (1713). Diderot, who said, “Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, October 4, 2022

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1941 marked the birth of Anne Rice, author of “Interview with a Vampire.” Rice died in October 2021 at the age of 80.

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, October 3, 2022

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Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.” – The works of Emily Post, born on this day in 1873.

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, October 2, 2022

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On this day in 1950, the comic strip Peanuts, written and illustrated by Twin Cities native Charles M. Schulz, was first published. The series and its creator won award after award, and Peanuts was lauded for its deft social commentary, wry wisdom, and the satirical eye.

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