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The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Posted on September 6, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

Activist Jane Addams was born on this day in 1860. In “Democracy and Social Ethics” (1902), she wrote: “Action is indeed the sole medium of expression for ethics. We continually forget that the sphere of morals is the sphere of action, that speculation in regard to morality is but observation and must remain in the sphere of intellectual comment, that a situation does not really become moral until we are confronted with the question of what shall be done in a concrete case, and are obliged to act upon our theory.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, September 5, 2022

Posted on September 5, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

On this day in 1957 the novel On the Road” by Jack Kerouac was published. Destined to become a classic, the novel was first written on a120 foot long scroll of tracing paper.

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, September 4, 2022

Posted on September 4, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

American novelist Richard Wright, author of the novel “Native Son” and “Black Boy” was born on this day in 1908. He said “All literature is protest. You can’t name a single novel that isn’t protest.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, September 3, 2022

Posted on September 3, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

September 3rd is the birthday of several female American writers. Novelist Alison Lurie (1926), anthropologist and author Loren Eiseley (1907), and writer Sarah Orne Jewett (1749). Also on this date in 1838, Frederick Douglass boarded a train to escape from slavery.

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, September 2, 2022

Posted on September 2, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of the Canadian founder of Cirque du Soleil: Guy Laliberté, 1959. He said: “I am blessed for what I have, but I believed in it from the beginning. Today, the dream is the same: I still want to travel, I still want to entertain, and I most certainly still want to have fun.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, September 1 2022

Posted on September 1, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

On this day in 1773 20-year-old Phillis Wheatley published “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral.” It was the first book of poetry published by an African-American.

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Posted on August 31, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

“Falling short of perfection is a process that just never stops.” The words of William Shawn, longtime editor of The New Yorker, born on this day in 1907.

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Posted on August 30, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

Russian journalist Anna Stepanova Politkovskaya, author of “Putin’s Russia” and “A Small Corner of Hell: Dispatches from Chechnya” was born on this day in 1958 in New York City to Ukrainian Diplomats. She was murdered October 7, 2006 by hired assassins. The person who contracted the killing has never been identified

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, August 29, 2022

Posted on August 29, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the 70th birthday of Author Karen Hesse. Her work is oriented towards young adults and children, and often brings history into the story. She won the Newbery Medal for “Out of the Dust” in 1997.

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, August 28, 2022

Posted on August 28, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of poet Rita Dove (1952). She grew up in an educated and literary African American family. She said, “All I ever wanted to do was write the best damn poem that I could write — a poem that was true and honest and the very best I could write artistically and linguistically.”

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