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The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, July 30, 2022

Posted on July 30, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

Emily Brontë was born in Thornton, Yorkshire, England, on this day in 1818. Her only novel “Wuthering Heights” is a hugely popular classic. Her poetry was published posthumously by her sister Charlotte.

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, July 29, 2022

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Poet Stanley Kunitz was born on this day in 1905. He was appointed the United States poet laureate when he was 95 years old. He died at the age of 100.

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, July 28, 2022

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Today is the birthday of John Ashbery. Born in 1927, he won nearly every American award for poetry, including a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, and a MacArthur “Genius” grant.

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, July 27, 2022

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Indian novelist Bharati Mukherjee, was born on this day in 1940. She said: “As a bookish child in Calcutta, I used to thrill to the adventures of bad girls whose pursuit of happiness swept them outside the bounds of social decency. Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Emma Bovary, and Anna Karenina lived large in my imagination.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, July 26, 2022

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“Most of one’s life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself from thinking.” said by Aldous Huxley, the author of “A Brave New World” who was born on this day in 1894.

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, July 25, 2022

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The first commercial telegraph machine was demonstrated on this day in 1837, marking the beginning of a huge change in communication and information access.

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

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“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

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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

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“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

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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.”

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