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The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, November 28, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, November 28, 2021

It’s the birthday of poet and artist William Blake, (1757). “Without minute neatness of execution, the sublime cannot exist! Grandeur of ideas is founded on precision of ideas.”

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The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, November 27, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, November 27, 2021

Today is the birthday of Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius, (1701) who invented the Celsius temperature scale.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, November 26, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, November 26, 2021

“The human situation is beautiful and strange. …The working of the mind is astonishing and beautiful.”– Marilynne Robinson, born on this day,1943.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, November 25, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, November 25, 2021

Happy Thanksgiving from The Writer’s Almanac! We feature the November poem “Murmuration” by Barbara Crooker.”

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The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, November 24, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, November 24, 2021

“I am a teller of stories. For me, that’s the only way I can make sense of the world.”– Arundhati Roy, Indian author and political activist born on this day in 1961.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, November 23, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, November 23, 2021

On this date in the year 534 B.C.E., Thespis reportedly became the first Western actor to portray a character onstage. Prior to that theater was chorus based storytelling.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, November 22, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, November 22, 2021

It’s the birthday of novelist George Eliot, born Mary Ann Evans in England (1819). She took a male pseudonym to be taken seriously as a writer.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, November 21, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, November 21, 2021

Today is the birthday of playwright and philosopher Voltaire, born François-Marie Arouet in Paris (1694).

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The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, November 20, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, November 20, 2021

Today is the birthday of astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble (1889). He discovered that these distant galaxies were moving away from the Milky Way.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, November 19, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, November 19, 2021

On this date in 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

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