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The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, July 4, 2016

Posted on July 4, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

Today is Independence Day. It is also the birthday of the playwrights Neil Simon (1927) and Tracy Letts (1965).

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, July 3, 2022

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“It seems pointless to be quoted if one isn’t going to be quotable … it’s better to be quotable than honest.” — Tom Stoppard, born on this day in 1937.

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, July 2, 2022

Posted on July 2, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of civil rights activist, lawyer, and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall (1908). Marshall was the first African-American appointed to the Supreme Court (1967).

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, July 1, 2022

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Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Jean Stafford was born on this day in 1915. Author of “Boston Adventure,” “The Mountain Lion,” and “The Catherine Wheel.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, June 30, 2022

Posted on June 30, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

On this date in 1864, President Lincoln granted the Yosemite Valley to California for “public use, resort, and restoration.” The Yosemite Land Grant of 1864 marked the first time the federal government set aside land specifically for preservation and recreational use.

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Posted on June 29, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

On this day in 1613, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre burned to the ground. The thatched roof caught on fire after a theatrical cannon misfired during a production of Henry VIII.

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Posted on June 28, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of the man who wrote, “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains”: philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, born in Geneva in 1712.

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, June 27, 2022

Posted on June 27, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

Today marks the birthdays of poets Frank O’Hara (1926), Lucille Clifton (1936), and Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872).

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, June 26, 2022

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Pearl S. Buck was born on this day in 1892. A child of Christian missionaries, raised in China, her novel “The Good Earth” has become a classic.

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, June 25, 2022

Posted on June 25, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

Anne Frank’s diary was published on this day in 1947. “It’s an odd idea for someone like me to keep a diary; not only because I have never done so before, but because it seems to me that neither I — nor for that matter anyone else — will be interested in the unbosomings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl. Still, what does that matter? I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all kinds of things that lie buried deep in my heart.”

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