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The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, August 20, 2021

Posted on August 20, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

It was on this day in 1940 that Winston Churchill delivered a speech to the House of Commons with the famous line: “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, August 19, 2021

Posted on August 19, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the 100th birthday of Gene Roddenberry, most famous as the creator of “Star Trek,” the first sci-fi series to depict a generally peaceful future.

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Posted on August 18, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita” was published in the United States on this day in 1958 and, in 1920, on this day the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified.

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Posted on August 17, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

“…the physical body, so to speak, of poetry, is the treatment by which the poet tries to reconcile that pain with the world.” –Ted Kooser, born on this day in 1930.

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, August 16, 2021

Posted on August 16, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of Charles Bukowski, born in Germany in 1920. His first rejection note read, “Possibly we will print you sometime, but I don’t know exactly when. That depends on you.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, August 15, 2021

Posted on August 15, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

This day in 1969 the three-day concert known as Woodstock began. A beautiful weekend of music and togetherness in a time of societal anger and war.

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, August 14, 2021

Posted on August 14, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of blockbuster best-selling romance novelist Danielle Steel (1947), who has written 185 books, 141 of which are novels.

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, August 13, 2021

Posted on August 13, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the 60th birthday of author Tom Perrotta, whose novel “The Leftovers,” a story of what happens to those left behind after the rapture, is also a successful television show.

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, August 12, 2021

Posted on August 12, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of investigative journalist Katherine Boo, 1984, who was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2000 for articles around abuse of the intellectually disabled.

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Posted on August 11, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

“I have no fancy idea about poetry. It’s not like embroidery or painting or silk. It doesn’t come to you on the wings of a dove. It’s something you have to work hard at.” – Louise Bogan (1897)

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