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The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, September 25, 2021

Posted on September 25, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

Forty years ago today Sandra Day O’Connor was sworn in as a justice in the Supreme Court of the United States, becoming the first woman to hold that office.

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, September 24, 2021

Posted on September 24, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

“The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on this day in 1896.

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, September 23, 2021

Posted on September 23, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Mongol emperor Kublai Khan born in Mongolia in 1215. The explorer Marco Polo’s journal contains most that is known about this ruler.

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Posted on September 22, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

On this day in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. It did not not free all slaves, only those within the confederacy.

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Posted on September 21, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

Steven King celebrates his 74th birthday today. When asked why he writes, he said “The answer to that is fairly simple — there was nothing else I was made to do.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, September 20, 2021

Posted on September 20, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

On this day in 1973 Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in a tennis match that was billed as the “Battle of the Sexes.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, September 19, 2021

Posted on September 19, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

It was on this day in 1819 that 24-year-old John Keat wrote the ode “To Autumn.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, September 18, 2021

Posted on September 18, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

On this day in 1870, the “Old Faithful” geyser in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming was discovered by the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition.

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, September 17, 2021

Posted on September 17, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of poet William Carlos Williams (1883) who said, “A poem is a complete little universe.” We feature his poem “Pastoral.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, September 16, 2021

Posted on September 16, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske on this day in New York City (1924). She met Humphrey Bogart in the 1944 movie “To Have and Have Not” and later married him.

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