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The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Posted on November 3, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

The last public execution at London’s Tyburn Gallows took place on this date in 1783. And 100 years later, 1883, the outlaw who called himself “Black Bart the poet” robbed his last stagecoach.

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, November 2, 2021

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Today is the birthday of the ill fated, and much maligned, Queen of France Marie-Antoinette (1755) who lost her head to the French Revolution.

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, November 1, 2021

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The first medical school for women opened in Boston, Massachusetts, on this date in 1848. It was started by Samuel Gregory who named it the Boston Female Medical College.

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, October 31, 2021

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“My queerness is not a vice, is not deliberate, and harms no one.”– Natalie Clifford Barney, an American writer born in 1876 who lived an openly lesbian life in Paris.

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, October 30, 2021

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Today is the birthday of Ezra Pound (1885). He coined the term “imagism” for poetry which sought clarity of expression through the use of precise images.

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

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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

Posted on October 25, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

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.

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