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The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, May 17, 2021

Posted on May 17, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

Author Gary Paulsen is celebrating his 82nd birthday today. Author of “Hatchet” and “Dogsong” and other books mostly about coming of age and the wilderness.

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, May 16, 2021

Posted on May 16, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

“Poetry is the liquid voice that can wear through stone.” –Adrienne Rich, born May 16, 1929.

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, May 15, 2021

Posted on May 15, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

“The Dyings have been too deep for me, and before I could raise my heart from one, another has come.” –Emily Dickinson, died May 15, 1886.

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, May 14, 2021

Posted on May 14, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

“It might be possible that the world itself is without meaning,” and “To love makes one solitary.” – quotes from “Mrs Dalloway” published May 14, 1925.

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

Posted on May 12, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

“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

Posted on May 11, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

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

Posted on May 10, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

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

Posted on May 8, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

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.

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