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The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, June 10, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, June 10, 2022

“A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for a minute.” –playwright Terence Rattigan, born on this day in London (1911).

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The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, June 9, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, June 9, 2022

The hitmaker of “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “Night and Day,” “You’re the Top,” “Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall In Love,” “I’ve got You Under My Skin,” and “Let’s Misbehave” Cole Porter was born on this day 1891.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, June 8, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Today is the birthday of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. He would often tell his students: “Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.”

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The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, June 7, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, June 7, 2022

It’s the birthday of novelist Elizabeth Bowen, born in Dublin (1899). Bowen’s novels include The Death of the Heart (1938), The Heat of the Day (1949), and Eva Trout (1968).’

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The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, June 6, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, June 6, 2022

Poet Maxine Kumin was born on this day in 1925. She wrote: “Allegiance to the land is tenderness. / The luck of two good cuttings in this climate. / Now clear down to the alders in the swale, / the fields begin an autumn flush of growth, / the steady work of setting roots, and then / as in a long exhale, go dormant.”

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The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, June 5, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, June 5, 2022

It’s the birthday of Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca (1898). He became a national celebrity upon the publication of “Gypsy Ballads.”

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The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, June 4, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, June 4, 2022

It was on this day in 1989 that Chinese troops stormed Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to crack down on students conducting pro-democracy demonstrations.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, June 3, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, June 3, 2022

It’s the birthday of a woman called the “founding mother of the historical romance genre”: Kathleen Woodiwiss born Kathleen Erin Hogg in Alexandria, Louisiana, in 1939.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, June 2, 2016

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, June 2, 2016

“A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all. Circumspection and devotion are a contradiction in terms.” –Thomas Hardy, poet and novelist, born on this day in 1840.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, June 1, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, June 1, 2022

On this day in 1974, Henry Jay Heimlich published his “Heimlich Maneuver” in the Journal of Emergency Medicine. The article was called “Pop Goes the Café Coronary.”

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