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The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Posted on December 9, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Grace Hopper (1906-1992), who helped invent the modern computer and who helped design and promote a new computer language called COBOL.

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Posted on December 8, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

On this day 60 years ago, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was created, declaring over 8 million acres to be federally protected from things like oil drilling.

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, December 7, 2020

Posted on December 7, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

On this day 60 years ago, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was created, declaring over 8 million acres to be federally protected from things like oil drilling.

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, December 6, 2020

Posted on December 6, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

The Washington Monument was finally completed on this date in 1884, thirty-six years after construction began.

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, December 5, 2020

Posted on December 5, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the 86th birthday of essayist, novelist, and memoirist Joan Didion (b. 1934), who wrote, “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, December 4, 2020

Posted on December 4, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of the poet Rainer Maria Rilke (Prague, 1875), a notorious seducer of rich noblewomen all over Europe.

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, December 3, 2020

Posted on December 3, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It was on this day in 1947 that “A Streetcar Named Desire” opened on Broadway. When the curtain went down, the audience applauded for 30 minutes.

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Posted on December 2, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of the artist Georges Seurat (Paris, 1859), whose technique of painting tiny dots of many colors became known as Pointillism.

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Posted on December 1, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of “Madame Tussaud,” who sculpted her first wax statue, of the poet Voltaire, in 1777.

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, November 30, 2020

Posted on November 30, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Mark Twain (born Samuel Clemens), who said, “A successful book is not made of what is in it, but of what is left out of it.”

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