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

Posted on February 1, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

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

Posted on January 31, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

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

Posted on January 30, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

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

Posted on January 29, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

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.”

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

Posted on January 26, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

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.

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

Posted on January 25, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

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

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

Posted on January 24, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

“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.

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

Posted on January 23, 2022 - Writer's Almanac

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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