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The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Posted on February 1, 2023 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of Langston Hughes, born in 1902 on this day in Missouri under the name James Mercer Langston Hughes. Hughes became a prominent member of the Harlem Renaissance, a group of African-American artists and writers in Harlem, New York. His books include “Fine Clothes to the Jew”, “Not Without Laughter”, and “The Ways of White Folks.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Posted on January 31, 2023 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of Norman Mailer (1923). His first novel, “The Naked and the Dead”, it became the definitive literary novel about World War II, and made Norman Mailer famous at the age of 25. He went on to win two Pulitzer Prizes: for “The Armies of the Night” and for his nonfiction novel “The Executioner’s Song”.

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, January 30, 2023

Posted on January 30, 2023 - Writer's Almanac

It is the birthday of historian Barbara Tuchman, born in New York City on this day in 1912. She wrote “The Guns of August”, a study of the events that led to the outbreak of World War I. She said, “War is the unfolding of miscalculations.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, January 29, 2023

Posted on January 29, 2023 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of writer and politician Thomas Paine, born in Thetford, England (1737). He became wildly successful in the colonies with his long essay Common Sense, in which he said, “The cause of America is in great measure the cause of all mankind.” The pamphlet sold more than 100,000 copies by the end of 1775, and the American Revolution began the next year.

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, January 28, 2023

Posted on January 28, 2023 - Writer's Almanac

On this day in France in 1873 the novelist Colette, born Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette was born. She’s the author of more than 50 novels. Collette said: “Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you’re a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff’s worth, without pity, and destroy most of it.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, January 27, 2023

Posted on January 27, 2023 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of the writer whom Mark Twain called “the stillest and shyest full-grown man I have ever met.” That’s Lewis Carroll, born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson in Daresbury, England (1832), author of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”.

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, January 26, 2023

Posted on January 26, 2023 - Writer's Almanac

“The element of chance in basic research is overrated. Chance is a lady who smiles only upon those few who know how to make her smile.” – Hungarian endocrinologist Hans Selye, born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary on this day in 1907.

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Posted on January 25, 2023 - Writer's Almanac

“Writing is like sex. First you do it for love, then you do it for your friends, and then you do it for money.” –Virginia Woolf, born on this day in 1882.

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Posted on January 24, 2023 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of Edith Wharton (1862) author of popular novels such as “The House of Mirth,” “Ethan Frome,” and “Age of Innocence (1920).”

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, January 23, 2023

Posted on January 23, 2023 - Writer's Almanac

“For every poet it is always morning in the world. History a forgotten, insomniac night; History and elemental awe are always our early beginning, because the fate of poetry is to fall in love with the world, in spite of History.” –poet and playwright Derek Walcott, born on this day in 1930.

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