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The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, June 2, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Novelist and poet Thomas Hardy was born on this day in 1840. A risky and bold writer, his works are said to have a “painterly” quality that lends them well to becoming films.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, June 1, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, June 1, 2021

One hundred years ago today in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the thriving black neighborhood of Greenwood was destroyed, its population massacred by an angry white mob. No one was ever prosecuted.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, May 31, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, May 31, 2021

This Memorial Day has us remember Walt Whitman on his birthday with a poem written for civil war soldiers and remembering Whitman’s service caring for them on the battlefield.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, May 30, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, May 30, 2021

It was on this day in 1431 that Joan of Arc was burned at the stake for heresy in Rouen, France. A peasant girl, who heard the voice of God, and rose to lead an army.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, May 29, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, May 29, 2021

“Youth is given. One must put it away/like a doll in a closet,/take it out and play with it only/on holidays.” May Swenson, born this day in 1913.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, May 28, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, May 28, 2021

“Youth is given. One must put it away/like a doll in a closet,/take it out and play with it only/on holidays.” May Swenson, born this day in 1913.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, May 27, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, May 27, 2021

Today is the birthday of Julia Ward Howe (1819). A writer, a suffragist, and an abolitionist. Best known for the lyrics to “Battle Hymn of the Republic.”

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The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, May 26, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Today marks 70 years since the birth of Sally Ride (1951-2012). The first American woman in space, who remembered space as “The most fun I will ever have in my life.”

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The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, May 25, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, May 25, 2021

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, born this day in 1903.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, May 24, 2021

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, May 24, 2021

It’s the 80th birthday of Robert Zimmerman, better known as Bob Dylan. The Poet musician won the Nobel Prize in literature in 2016.

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