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The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, May 15, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, May 15, 2022

“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.” Words written by the man behind “The Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum, born this day in 1856.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, May 14, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, May 14, 2022

America’s first space station Skylab was launched on this date in 1973. Occupied for only 8 months, it was the first platform for science in space.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, May 13, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, May 13, 2022

Author Daphne du Maurier was born on this day in London (1907). Her blockbuster novel “Rebecca” (1938) was turned into a film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, May 12, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, May 12, 2022

Today is the birthday of novelist and poet Rosellen Brown, born in 1939. Her novels include “Tender Mercies” and most recently “Half a Heart”.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, May 11, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, May 11, 2022

It’s the anniversary of the printing of the first known book, the Diamond Sutra. In the year 868, Wang Chieh printed a Buddhist scripture on a 16-foot scroll using wood blocks.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, May 10, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, May 10, 2022

On this date in 1872 Victoria Claflin Woodhull became the first woman candidate for president of the United States.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, May 9, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, May 9, 2022

“I write to annoy God, to make Death laugh. I write because I can’t get it right. I write because I want every woman in the world to fall in love with me.” –Charles Simic, born on this day in 1938.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, May 8, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, May 8, 2022

“I am a poet who has preferred not to distinguish in poetry between nature and humanity.” –Gary Snyder, born on this day in 1930.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, May 7, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, May 7, 2022

It’s the birthday of French playwright, activist, and feminist Olympe de Gouges (1748) who said that if “Woman has the right to mount the scaffold; she must equally have the right to mount the rostrum.”

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The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, May 6, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, May 6, 2022

“Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.” And “The ego is not master in its own house.” –Sigmund Freud, born on this day in 1856.

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