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The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, April 16, 2020

Posted on April 16, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Kingsley Amis (London, 1922), author of “Lucky Jim” (1954), which is considered one of the funniest novels in British literature.

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Posted on April 15, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of ‘the Empress of the Blues’ Bessie Smith (1898), who recorded 150 blues numbers about poverty, unrequited love, and cruelty.

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Posted on April 14, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of American journalist Tina Rosenberg (1960), a proponent of “solutions journalism” that works to solve the world’s problems.

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, April 13, 2020

Posted on April 13, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Alfred M. Butts (1899), an architect who invented the game of Scrabble while out of work during the Depression.

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, April 12, 2020

Posted on April 12, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

On this day in 1633, Galileo Galilei was put on trial for believing the Earth revolves around the sun. The Catholic Church didn’t formally admit that he was correct until 1992.

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, April 11, 2020

Posted on April 11, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Dorothy Allison (1949), the novelist and memoirist who said, “The thing I’m telling you is true, but it did not always happen to me.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, April 10, 2020

Posted on April 10, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the 90th birthday of labor leader Dolores Huerta (1930), who helped organize the Delano grape strike in 1965 and who originated the phrase “sí, se puede.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, April 9, 2020

Posted on April 9, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

“The major trick to writing good historical fiction is not in compiling research or knowing the details, but in knowing which details to leave out.” –Elizabeth Crook, born this day in 1959

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Posted on April 8, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

On this day 200 years ago, one of the world’s most celebrated pieces of art was discovered by a farmer on the Greek island of Melos: the marble statue Venus de Milo.

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, April 7 2020

Posted on April 7, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola (Detroit, 1939), who was heavily in debt when he was offered the job of directing what turned out to be “The Godfather” (1972).

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