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The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, December 27, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, December 27, 2021

James Barrie’s play “Peter Pan, the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up” had its opening night on this day in 1904.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, December 26, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, December 26, 2021

Today we celebrate the first day of Kwanzaa, and also the birth of humorist David Sedaris (1956) whose latest book “A Carnival of Snackery” came out in October.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, December 25, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, December 25, 2021

Christmas Day. Also the birthday of Dorothy Wordsworth, sister of William Wordsworth, whom we now know used some of his sister’s writings in his poems.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, December 24, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, December 24, 2021

For Christmas Eve we discuss the story “Dancing Dan’s Christmas” by Damon Runyon.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, December 23, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, December 23, 2021

It’s the birthday of Minnesota poet Robert Bly, who died just a month ago, Nov. 21st, a month shy of his 95th birthday. We feature his poem “The Call Away.”

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The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, December 22, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, December 22, 2021

It’s the birthday Kenneth Rexroth (1905). He published more than 50 books of poetry and once said, “Man thrives where angels would die of ecstasy and where pigs would die of disgust.”

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The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, December 21, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Today in 1879, the world premiere of Henrik Ibsen’s play “A Doll’s House” took place at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, December 20, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, December 20, 2021

“If it were denied me to write, I imagine I would die,” for through writing she makes sense of her own deepest experiences. –Elizabeth Benedict, born on this day in 1954.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, December 19, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, December 19, 2021

It was on this day in 1843 that Charles Dickens published “A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas.” Introducing the world to Scrooge, Marley’s Ghost, and Tiny Tim.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, December 18, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, December 18, 2021

Methodist hymn writer Charles Wesley was born on this day, 1707, in Epworth England. His hymns include “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” and “Hark! the Herald Angels Sing.”

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