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The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, February 6, 2020

Posted on February 6, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of the man who wrote, “Come live with me and be my love / And we will all the pleasures prove” —Christopher Marlowe (1564).

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Posted on February 5, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of actor and writer Christopher Guest (1948), who has written mockumentaries including “This is Spinal Tap” (1984) and “A Mighty Wind” (2004).

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Posted on February 4, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of feminist Betty Friedan (1921), who wrote in “The Feminine Mystique” about the cultural myth that women should find total fulfillment as wives and mothers.

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, February 3, 2020

Posted on February 3, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

On this day 150 years ago, the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified to give all male citizens the right to vote regardless of their race.

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, February 2, 2020

Posted on February 2, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of James Joyce (1882) and also the day his “Ulysses” was published in 1922. He said of writing, “In the particular is contained the universal.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, February 1, 2020

Posted on February 1, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Harlem Renaissance icon Langston Hughes (1902), a writer who had also worked as a Paris nightclub doorman, a seaman on ships, a waiter, and a truck farmer.

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, January 31, 2020

Posted on January 31, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of Norman Mailer (1923), whose best-selling first novel “The Naked and the Dead” made him a celebrity at 25 years old.

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, January 30, 2020

Posted on January 30, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the 1972 shooting of unarmed civil rights demonstrators in Derry, Northern Ireland by the British army.

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Posted on January 29, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

On this day in 1996, Venice’s La Fenice, one of the most beautiful opera houses in the world, burned to the ground. It had also burned a few times before.

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Posted on January 28, 2020 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of writer Colette (1873), who said, “What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.”

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