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

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

“When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.” — James Joyce wrote of the city that was founded on this day in 988 CE.

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

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

Today is the birthday of Dean Koontz (1945) who won a fiction contest in college and has now sold more than 400 million books.

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

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

Novelist and columnist Anna Quindelen was born on this day in 1952, and poet Percy Bysshe Shelly died off the coast of Italy in 1882.

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

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

Today is the birthday of American genetics pioneer Nettie Stevens. While studying mealworms, she discovered that male sex cells could have either an X or a Y chromosome, while female sex cells could only carry X chromosomes.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, July 6, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, July 6, 2022

On this date in 1785, the dollar was chosen as the monetary unit of the United States.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, July 5, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, July 5, 2022

“Note just what it is about your work that critics don’t like — then cultivate it. That’s the only part of your work that’s individual and worth keeping.”–Jean Cocteau, born on this day 1889.

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

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

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

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

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

“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.

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

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

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).

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

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

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

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