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The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, September 17, 2022

Posted on September 17, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of American poet and critic Brian Henry (1972). He has advice for aspiring poets: “”Create your own community, and forget about pedigrees and prizes. If the mainstream shifts to accommodate you — as it has done to accommodate so many non-mainstream communities of writers — then you at least arrived there on your own terms.”

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

Posted on September 16, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

On this date in 1620, the Mayflower set sail for America. It is also the birthday of H.H. Rey (Germany, 1898), Nancy Huston (Canada, 1953), and Justin Haythe (London, 1973).

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

Posted on September 15, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

Agatha Christie was born on this day in 1890. Her works include “Murder on the Orient Express,” “The Mousetrap,” and 33 novels including the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. On writing, she said, “Three months seems to me to be quite reasonable to finish a book, if you can get right down to it.”

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

Posted on September 14, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

On this date in 1814, a lawyer named Francis Scott Key wrote his poem “Defense of Fort McHenry.” And, George Frideric Handel completed the Messiah oratorio on this date in 1741.

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

Posted on September 13, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of John Boynton, known as J.B. Priestly, born in Yorkshire in 1894. He said, “Most writers enjoy two periods of happiness — when a glorious idea comes to mind and, secondly, when a last page has been written and you haven’t had time to know how much better it ought to be,” and, “Much of writing might be described as mental pregnancy with successive difficult deliveries.”

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

Posted on September 12, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of poet and novelist Michael Ondaatje. Born in Sri Lanka in 1943, Ondaatje was only 19 when he published his first collection of poetry. His 1992 novel “The English Patient” won the Booker Prize and was made into a successful movie.

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

Posted on September 11, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

“The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.” Such was the belief of English novelist, poet, and short-story writer D.H. Lawrence (1885), born David Herbert Richards Lawrence. He’s best known for his scandalous novel “Lady Chatterley’s Lover.”

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

Posted on September 10, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

Today would have been the 87th birthday of poet Mary Oliver. She said: “I’ve always wanted to write poems and nothing else. There were times over the years when life was not easy, but if you’re working a few hours a day and you’ve got a good book to read, and you can go outside to the beach and dig for clams, you’re okay.”

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

Posted on September 9, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

“Today is the birthday of Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, better known as Leo Tolstoy (1828), the Russian novelist responsible for two of the world’s most enduring novels, “War and Peace” and “Anna Karenina.”

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

Posted on September 8, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

American novelist and short-story writer Ann Beattie was born on this day in Washington, D.C. (1947). It was also this day in 1892 that an early version of the Pledge of Allegiance appeared in a magazine called “The Youth’s Companion.” And, in 1952 on this day “The Old Man and the Sea” was published, Ernest Hemingway’s last novel.

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