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The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, May 13, 2021

Posted on May 13, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

The first American colony, Jamestown, was founded on this day 1607 in the territory of the Powhatan Algonquian people.

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, May 12, 2021

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“Writing, getting something down on the page, is a gratification that, like a child faced with a candy bar and an empty stomach, I have trouble postponing.” –Rosellen Brown, 1939

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, May 11, 2021

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It was on this day in the year 868 A.D. that the Diamond Sutra was printed. It is the world’s oldest book bearing a specific date of publication.

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, May 10, 2021

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It’s the birthday of Suzan-Lori Parks (1963), the first African-American playwright to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama, for her play “Topdog/Underdog” in 2002.

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, May 9, 2021

Posted on May 9, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the 100th birthday of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mona Van Duyn (1921). She said, “I believe that good poetry can be as ornate as a cathedral or as bare as a pottingshed, as long as it confronts the self with honesty and fullness.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, May 8, 2021

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Poet and Zen practitioner Gary Snyder, was born in San Francisco on this day in 1930. His most recent book is one of essays, “The Practice of the Wild,” published in 2020.

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, May 7, 2021

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Today is the birthday of Johannes Brahms (1833), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1876), and Robert Browning (1812).

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, May 6, 2021

Posted on May 6, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

On this day in 1935 Franklin Roosevelt created the Works Progress Administration. The WPA employed 8.5 million out-of-work people on 1.4 million individual projects.

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, May 5, 2021

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Nellie Bly was born on May 5th, 1864. She reinvented investigative journalism with her exposee on life in a New York asylum, to which she got herself committed for ten days.

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, May 4, 2021

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Horace Mann was born this day in 1796. An advocate of public education and an opponent of slavery, he said, “Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.”

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