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The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, June 6, 2021

Posted on June 6, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

Poet Maxine Kumin was born this day in 1925. She said, “Until the Women’s Movement, it was commonplace to be told by an editor that he’d like to publish more of my poems, but he’d already published one by a woman that month.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, June 5, 2021

Posted on June 5, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” began its serial run in abolitionist newspaper the National Era on this date in 1851.

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, June 4, 2021

Posted on June 4, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

The Nineteenth Amendment was originally drafted by Susan B. Anthony. On June 4, 1919 it passed the Senate, sending it to the states for ratification. Fifteen months later it was ratified, giving American women the right to vote

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, June 3, 2021

Posted on June 3, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

“Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It’s that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that’s what the poet does.” — Allen Ginsberg (1926)

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

Posted on June 2, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

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.

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

Posted on June 1, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

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.

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

Posted on May 31, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

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.

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

Posted on May 30, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

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.

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

Posted on May 29, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

“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.

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

Posted on May 28, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

“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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