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The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, February 5, 2022

Posted on February 5, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

Today marks the birth of William S. Burroughs, 1914. The American novelist, poet, and painter is best known for his novel “Naked Lunch.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, February 4, 2022

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Novelist MacKinlay Kantor was born on this day in 1904. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel “Andersonville” (1955), about a Confederate prison camp, which he spent 25 years researching.

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, February 3, 2022

Posted on February 3, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of painter Norman Rockwell (1894), the first female doctor Elizabeth Blackwell (1821), and writer Gertrude Stein (1874).

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, February 2, 2022

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The author of “Ulysses” and “Finnegans Wake,” James Joyce, was born on this day 140 years ago in Dublin 1882. One of his Parisian friends remarked, “He had not taste, only genius.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, February 1, 2022

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Poet Langston Hughes was born on this day in 1902, 120 years ago. He said, “Writing is like travelling. It’s wonderful to go somewhere, but you get tired of staying.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, January 31, 2022

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This day in 1923 Norman Mailer was born, author of “The Naked and the Dead,” “The Armies of the Night,” and “The Executioner’s Song.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, January 30, 2022

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Fifty years ago today British army parachutists shot 27 unarmed civil rights demonstrators in Derry, Northern Ireland — an event known as “Bloody Sunday.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, January 29, 2022

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It was on this day in 1845 that Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” was published in the New York Evening Mirror. Poe only earned $9 for the poem.

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, January 28, 2022

Posted on January 28, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Collette (1873) who said, “Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you’re a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff’s worth, without pity, and destroy most of it.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, January 27, 2022

Posted on January 27, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

This day in 1832 marked the birth of Lewis Carroll, best known as the author of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”

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