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The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, December 16, 2022

Posted on December 16, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

On this day in 1775 a girl named Jane Austin was born. The seventh of eight children born to a clergyman and his wife, Jane Austin was to become one of the best known authors in the world.

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, December 15, 2022

Posted on December 15, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

The movie Gone With the Wind opened in Atlanta on this date in 1939.he cast attended the premiere, with the notable exception of the African-American performers, who were prevented by Georgia’s Jim Crow laws from sitting next to their white co-stars.

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Posted on December 14, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

“It comes back to the question, whom are you writing for? Who are the readers you want? Who are the people you want to engage with the things that matter most to you? And for me, it’s people who don’t need it all spelled out because they know it, they understand it. –Amy Hempel, born on this day in 1951

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Posted on December 13, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

“Sometimes there is a force of life like the spring which mysteriously takes shape without your even having asked it to take shape, and this is frightening, it is terribly frightening. … Being a poet sometimes puts you at the mercy of life, and life is not always merciful.” –James Wright, poet, born on this day in 1927.

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, December 12, 2022

Posted on December 12, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of Gustave Flaubert (1821), born in Rouen, France. He was a notorious perfectionist in his work, and once said, “I spent the morning putting in a comma and the afternoon removing it.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, December 11, 2022

Posted on December 11, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

“Life is sentimental. Why should I be cold and hard about it? That’s the main content. The biggest thing in people’s lives is their loves and dreams and visions, you know.” — Jim Harrison, poet and novelist, born on this day in 1937.

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, December 10, 2022

Posted on December 10, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

On this day in 1938, American writer Pearl S. Buck received the Nobel Prize in literature for “The Good Earth”, a novel about the life of a farming family in a Chinese village on the eve of World War I. Buck was the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature.

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, December 9, 2022

Posted on December 9, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of English poet, pamphleteer, and historian John Milton (1608). When he was blind, impoverished, and living in seclusion in the countryside, Milton wrote “Paradise Lost”, considered the finest epic poem in English.

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, December 8, 2022

Posted on December 8, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

“The Roman poet Horace is said to have been born on this day in 65 B.C.E.. He is most famous for his Odes, which take up a diverse set of topics, including springtime, Virgil, a friend’s farm, Cleopatra’s defeat, old age, and the Roman Empire.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Posted on December 7, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of American writer Willa Cather (1873). Cather’s novels, like “O Pioneers!” and “My Ántonia” examined frontier life on the Nebraska plains. Willa Cather’s headstone reads, “That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great.”

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