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The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, October 29, 2021

Posted on October 29, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday Harriet Powers (1937). Folk artist and quilt maker she was born into slavery outside Athens, Georgia (1837). Her quilts hang in the Smithsonian and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, October 28, 2021

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It’s the birthday of Dr. Jonas Salk (1914), inventor of the polio vaccine. Released in 1955, the number of people infected by polio declined from 10,000+ a year to less than 100.

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, October 27, 2021

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Today is the birthday of poet Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) who said, “The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, October 26, 2021

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On this day in 1900 Henry James gave writing advice to Edith Wharton, then a young novelist. “Be tethered in native pastures, even if it reduces [you] to a back-yard in New York.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, October 25, 2021

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Novelist Anne Tyler celebrates her 80th year today. She is author of the Pulitzer Prize winning “Breathing Lessons,” and “Longlist,” winner of the Man Booker Prize.

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, October 24, 2021

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“I’m not very good at praying, but what I experience when I’m writing a poem is close to prayer.” –Poet Denise Levertov, born this day in 1923.

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, October 23, 2021

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Today is the 60th birthday of author Laurie Halse Anderson who writes books for children and young adults on challenging topics. Books such as “Speak” and “Chains”.

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, October 22, 2021

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Today is the birthday of Doris Lessing, 1919. Lessing said “A writer falls in love with an idea and gets carried away…If you can imagine the sheer bloody pleasure of having an idea and taking it! It’s one of the great pleasures in my life.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, October 21, 2021

Posted on October 21, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of the inventor of dynamite, Alfred Nobel (1833). Nobel, to prevent his legacy from being one of death, established the Nobel Prizes to celebrate humankind’s greatest achievements.

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Posted on October 20, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

“Reading a poem silently instead of saying a poem is like the difference between staring at sheet music and actually humming or playing the music on an instrument.” –Robert Pinsky (1940)

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