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The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, July 24, 2022

Posted on July 24, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

“I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity and her flaming self-respect and it’s these things I’d believe in even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn’t all that she should be. … I love her and that’s the beginning and the end of it.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald on his wife Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald who was born on this day in 1900.

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, July 23, 2022

Posted on July 23, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

it’s the 60th birthday of author Vikram Chandra. Born in New Delhi in 1961, he came to the USA as an undergraduate. In addition to writing novels, he is a professor at the University of California Berkeley.

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, July 22, 2022

Posted on July 22, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

“Give me your tired, your poor / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free …” That line which appears upon the Statue of Liberty was written by poet Emma Lazarus, born on this day in 1849.

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, July 21, 2022

Posted on July 21, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

On this day in 1899 Ernest Hemingway was born. He spend many year living in Paris with other American expatriots. O the city he said “If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Posted on July 20, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the 89th birthday of Cormac McCarthy. A quintessentially American writer whose books “The Road,” “No Country for Old Men,” and “Blood Meridian” feature the American west.

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Posted on July 19, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

It was on this day in 1954 that the first part of the Lord of the Rings trilogy came out, “The Fellowship of the Ring.” The publisher printed just 3,500 copies, but it turned out to be incredibly popular. It went into a second printing in just six weeks.

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, July 18, 2022

Posted on July 18, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

On this day in 1955, the first Disney theme park opened to the public in Anaheim, California. It was called “Disneyland.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, July 17, 2022

Posted on July 17, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of detective novelist Erle Stanley Gardner, born in Malden, Massachusetts (1889). He liked working as a lawyer, but it wasn’t enough to keep him busy, so he started writing detective fiction for pulp magazines.

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, July 16, 2022

Posted on July 16, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

It was on this day in 1951 that The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger was published. Despite Salinger’s hesitations about publicity, The Catcher in the Rye was a sensation. It became a best-seller almost immediately, reaching No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list after two weeks

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday July 15, 2022

Posted on July 15, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of Richard Russo, 199. An American whose novel “Empire Falls” won the Pulitzer Prize.

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