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The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, January 26, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, January 26, 2022

It’s the 92nd birthday of Jules Feiffer, born in the Bronx (1929). His career as a satirist included being a cartoonist, novelist, and playwright.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, January 25, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Today we celebrate the 140th anniversary of the birth of Adeline Virginia Stephen, better known as Virginia Woolf.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, January 24, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, January 24, 2022

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that receives it.”
–Edith Wharton, born on this day in New York City, 1862.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, January 23, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, January 23, 2022

For every poet it is always morning in the world… the fate of poetry is to fall in love with the world, in spite of History.” — poet Derek Walcott, born on this day 1930.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, January 22, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, January 22, 2022

It was on this day in 1938 that Thornton Wilder’s play “Our Town” was premiered at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, January 21, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, January 21, 2022

“I just try, like any writer, to be entertaining and interesting. I want people to get some pleasure and to learn something.”–Louis Menand (1952), American Critic and essayist.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, January 20, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, January 20, 2022

Novelist Tami Hoag was born on this day, 1959. One good thing about being a writer, she said, is “I’m not obligated to look good on a daily basis.”

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The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, January 19, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Today is the 76th birthday of Dolly Parton, author of thousands of songs, an autobiography in 2021, as well as the children’s book “Coat of Many Colors” (2019).

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The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, January 18, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, January 18, 2022

It’s the birthday of A.A. Milne (1882), who created Winnie-the Pooh. The iconic “bear of very little brain” entered the public domain this year, 2022.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, January 17, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, January 17, 2022

Today is the birthday of the youngest of the Brontë sisters, Anne Brontë. At age 29 she was the third of the four Bronte children to die of Tuberculosis.

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