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The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, March 18, 2021

Posted on March 18, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

“At the point where you get your writerly vocation you diminish your receptivity to experience. Being able to write becomes a kind of shield, a way of hiding, a way of too instantly transforming pain into honey.” John Updike (1932-2009)

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Posted on March 17, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

British fiction writer Dame Penelope Margaret Lively celebrates her 88th birthday today. Lively is the author of the children’s book “The Ghost of Thomas Kempe”(1973) and the novel “Moon Tiger” (1987).

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Posted on March 16, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

“When I finish any project, it feels like a dream, and writing — whether it’s fiction or nonfiction — is very similar to dreaming.” –Alice Hoffman born on this day in 1952.

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, March 15, 2021

Posted on March 15, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

Ben Okri; Poet, Novelist, Artist, winner of the 1991 Booker Prize for “The Famished Road” celebrates his 62nd birthday today. His latest book is a poetry collection, “A Fire in My Head: Poems for the Dawn.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, March 14, 2021

Posted on March 14, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Sylvia Beach (1887). She owned the bookstore Shakespeare and Company which became “the unofficial living room” of the expatriate artists living in Paris.

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, March 13, 2021

Posted on March 13, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

“I’m only a jolly storyteller and have nothing to do with politics or schemes and my only plan is the old Chinese way of the Tao: Avoid the authorities.”– Jack Kerouac, born this day 1922

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, March 12, 2021

Posted on March 12, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

“I’m only a jolly storyteller and have nothing to do with politics or schemes and my only plan is the old Chinese way of the Tao: Avoid the authorities.”– Jack Kerouac, born this day 1922

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, March 11, 2021

Posted on March 11, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of author and illustrator Ezra Jack Keats (1916). Unlike most children’s authors at the time, he celebrated city life. His first book was “The Snowy Day” (1962).

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Posted on March 10, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

Today we remember Harriet Tubman on the day of her death in 1913. Born into slavery, her birth is unknown. After escaping to freedom in 1849 she returned to help others with the journey.

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Posted on March 9, 2021 - Writer's Almanac

“It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of the moment?” — Vita Sackville-West, born on this day in 1892

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