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The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, November 26, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, November 26, 2019

On this day in 1922 the tomb of Egypt’s child pharaoh, Tutankhamun, was opened for the first time in 3,000 years.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, November 25, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, November 25, 2019

Featuring a poem by David Kirby, “You Found That Thing You Lost,” and the birthdays of Joe DiMaggio (1914) and P.D. Eastman (1909).

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The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, November 24, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, November 24, 2019

Today is the birthday of Indian author and activist Arundhati Roy, who won the Booker Prize for her first novel, “The God Of Small Things.”

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The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, November 23, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, November 23, 2019

On this day 1924, that astronomer Edwin Hubble announced his discovery of the Andromeda Nebula, the first galaxy identified outside our own.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, November 22, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, November 22, 2019

Today is the birthday of the English Victorian author Mary Ann Evans (1819), better known by her pseudonym George Eliot.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, November 21, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, November 21, 2019

Today is the birthday of Marilyn French (1929), who wrote fiction and non-fiction about radical feminism including the influential novel “The Women’s Room.”

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The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, November 20, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Today is the birthday of Nadine Gordimer (1923) who said, “Truth isn’t always beauty, but the hunger for it is.”

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The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, November 19, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, November 19, 2019

It’s the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Gettysburg Address, which reminded a nation engaged in civil war of its commitment to liberty, equality, and freedom.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, November 18, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, November 18, 2019

Today is the 80th birthday of the author of Margaret Atwood, author of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” in which she wrote: “Don’t let the bastards grind you down.”

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The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, November 17, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, November 17, 2019

“The show doesn’t go on because it’s ready; it goes on because it’s 11:30” –Lorne Michaels, born this day in 1944

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