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The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, April 21, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, April 21, 2022

Naturalist John Muir was born in Dunbar, Scotland, on this day in 1838. The founder of the Sierra Club was essential in protecting American wilderness areas.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, April 20, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, April 20, 2022

“Southern trees bear a strange fruit/Blood on the leaves and blood at the root”—The song “Strange Fruit” was recorded on this day in 1939 by Billie Holiday.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, April 19, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, April 19, 2022

“There are no good girls gone wrong, just bad girls found out.”—author and Actress Mae West, who was jailed on this day in 1927 for her performance in “Sex” on Broadway.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, April 18, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, April 18, 2022

Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist Susan Faludi was born on this day in 1959. Her latest work is a memoir, “In the Darkroom.”

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The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, April 17, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, April 17, 2022

“The sentence is my primary element, my tool, goal, bliss. Each new sentence is a heart-in-the mouth experiment.” — novelist and essayist Cynthia Ozick, born on this day in 1928.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, April 16, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, April 16, 2022

The originator of “The Boxcar Children,” author Gertrude Chandler Warner was born on this day in 1890. She wrote the first 18 of the series.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, April 15, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, April 15, 2022

570 years ago, on April 15th, the original Renaissance Man was born in Tuscany, Leonardo da Vinci (1452).

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The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, April 14, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, April 14, 2022

It was on this day in 1828 that Noah Webster’s “American Dictionary of the English Language” was published.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, April 13, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, April 13, 2022

It’s the birthday of Thomas Jefferson (1743) who said, “In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.”

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The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, April 12, 2022

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, April 12, 2022

It’s the 70th birthday of author Gary Soto. His most recent work is a collection of poetry “Meatballs for the People: Proverbs to Chew On” published in 2017.

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