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The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday July 14, 2022

Posted on July 14, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

Today is Bastille Day in France, the anniversary of the day in 1789 that an angry mob of revolutionaries stormed the Bastille in Paris, a tipping point in the French Revolution.

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday July 13, 2022

Posted on July 13, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

Today marks the birth of British mystery writer Dorothy L. (Leigh) Sayers, (1893). One of the first women to graduate from Oxford University, she worked in advertising before becoming a novelist.

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Posted on July 12, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

“Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare.” A quote from sociologist and writer Harriet Martineau, born in England, 1902. Never having published a book, her serial “Illustrations of Political Economy” sold 10,000 copies a month.

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday July 11, 2022

Posted on July 11, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of Harold Bloom (1930) who said “Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you, because it is, at least in my experience, the most healing of pleasures.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, July 10, 2022

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“When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.” — James Joyce wrote of the city that was founded on this day in 988 CE.

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, July 9, 2022

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Today is the birthday of Dean Koontz (1945) who won a fiction contest in college and has now sold more than 400 million books.

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, July 8, 2022

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Novelist and columnist Anna Quindelen was born on this day in 1952, and poet Percy Bysshe Shelly died off the coast of Italy in 1882.

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, July 7, 2022

Posted on July 7, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of American genetics pioneer Nettie Stevens. While studying mealworms, she discovered that male sex cells could have either an X or a Y chromosome, while female sex cells could only carry X chromosomes.

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Posted on July 6, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

On this date in 1785, the dollar was chosen as the monetary unit of the United States.

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Posted on July 5, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

“Note just what it is about your work that critics don’t like — then cultivate it. That’s the only part of your work that’s individual and worth keeping.”–Jean Cocteau, born on this day 1889.

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