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The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, March 7, 2020

Posted on March 7, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the anniversary of the first March from Selma to Montgomery (1965). Footage of policemen attacking the marchers helped shift public opinion on the civil rights movement.

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, March 6, 2020

Posted on March 6, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of writer Gabriel García Márquez (Aracataca, Colombia, 1927) and of poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Durham, England, 1806).

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, March 5, 2020

Posted on March 5, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the 250th anniversary of the Boston Massacre, during which colonists taunted and threw ice and oysters at British soldiers, who responded with muskets.

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, March 4, 2020

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On this day in 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was inaugurated. He brought with him Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, who enacted important progressive policies.

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Posted on March 3, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It was on this day in 1931 that “The Star-Spangled Banner” became the official national anthem of the United States.

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, March 2, 2020

Posted on March 2, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of the children’s author who wrote, “A person’s a person, no matter how small.” Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss (1904).

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, March 1, 2020

Posted on March 1, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Ralph Ellison (1914), who once typed the sentence, “I am an invisible man”—and then wrote a classic book about a character who might say that.

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, February 29, 2020

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“I’ve never read a political poem that’s accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants.” -Howard Nemerov, born this day in 1920.

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, February 28, 2020

Posted on February 28, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Linus Pauling (1901), who won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1954 as well as the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962 for his opposition to WMDs.

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, February 27, 2020

Posted on February 27, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Kiowa novelist and poet N. Scott Momaday (Oklahoma, 1934), whose first novel “House Made of Dawn” won the Pulitzer Prize in 1969.

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