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The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, April 16, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, April 16, 2022

The originator of “The Boxcar Children,” author Gertrude Chandler Warner was born on this day in 1890. She wrote the first 18 of the series.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, April 15, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, April 15, 2022

570 years ago, on April 15th, the original Renaissance Man was born in Tuscany, Leonardo da Vinci (1452).

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The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, April 14, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, April 14, 2022

It was on this day in 1828 that Noah Webster’s “American Dictionary of the English Language” was published.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, April 13, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, April 13, 2022

It’s the birthday of Thomas Jefferson (1743) who said, “In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.”

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

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

It’s the 70th birthday of author Gary Soto. His most recent work is a collection of poetry “Meatballs for the People: Proverbs to Chew On” published in 2017.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, April 11, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, April 11, 2022

On this day in 1945, the U.S. Army liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany.

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

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

On this day in 1925 “The Great Gatsby” was first published to a mixed reception. Now viewed as a classic, in 2020 it entered the public domain.

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

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

On this day in 1865 General Robert E. Lee surrendered his 28,000 Confederate troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War.

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

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

The editor and publisher Robert Giroux was born on this day, 1914. He published Jean Stafford, Robert Lowell, and Flannery O’Connor.

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

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

Today, for his 252nd birthday, we hear a poem by William Wordsworth “I Have Thoughts that Are Fed by the Sun”

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