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The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, April 6, 2020

Posted on April 6, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of country songwriter and singer Merle Haggard (1937), who wrote more than 600 songs in his lifetime, including about forty #1 hits.

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, April 5, 2020

Posted on April 5, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Hattie Alexander (1901), who developed a treatment for the deadly childhood illness influenzal meningitis, also known as Hib.

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, April 4, 2020

Posted on April 4, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Maya Angelou (1928-2014), who is best known for her writing but who also was a dancer, singer, civil rights activist, and world traveler.

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, April 3, 2020

Posted on April 3, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

On this day in 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr., said, “Let us move on in these powerful days, these days of challenge to make America what it ought to be.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, April 2, 2020

Posted on April 2, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

“My follies are the follies of youth. You will see that I laugh at them, and if you are kind you will laugh at them with me.”
–Casanova, born this day in 1725

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Posted on April 1, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Rachel Maddow (1973), who went to Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship and became the first openly gay American news anchor.

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Posted on March 31, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

“It starts when you care / to act, it starts when you do / it again after they said No, / it starts when you say We…”
–from today’s poem by Marge Piercy

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

Posted on March 30, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Anna Sewell (1820), who was dependent on horses for transportation due to an injury. She published her novel “Black Beauty” in 1877.

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, March 29, 2020

Posted on March 29, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Alexandra Fuller (1969), British-Zimbabwean author of “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight” and several other memoirs.

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, March 28, 2020

Posted on March 28, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of novelist Lauren Weisberger (1977), who fictionalized her time working at Vogue magazine in the book, “The Devil Wears Prada.”

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