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The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, October 7, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, October 7, 2019

Today is the birthday of Desmond Tutu (1931), who said, “Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate…that’s where the courage of a leader comes.”

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The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, October 6, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, October 6, 2019

On this day in 1847 “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë was published. Brontë’s masterwork was originally published under the androgynous pseudonym Currer Bell.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, October 5, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, October 5, 2019

Today in 1789 The Women’s March on Versailles occurred. Thousands of women overtook the palace and captured the King in a turning point for the French Revolution.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, October 4, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, October 4, 2019

Today in 1941 two prominent American writers were born: the gothic novelist Anne Rice and the humorist Roy Blount Jr.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, October 3, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, October 3, 2019

Today we feature the birthday of etiquette expert Emily Post (1873), and the poem “Rush Hour” by Anita Pulier.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, October 2, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Today we feature the poem “The Emperor of Ice-Cream” by Wallace Stevens, who was born on this day in Reading, Pennsylvania, 1879.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, October 1, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, October 1, 2019

On this day in 1903 the first World Series of Baseball game was played by the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Americans.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, September 30, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, September 30, 2019

It’s the birthday of W.S. Merwin (1927-2019), who in his poem “Place,” wrote, “On the last day of the world / I would want to plant a tree.”

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The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, September 29, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, September 29, 2019

It is believed to be the birthday of Miguel de Cervantes (1547), who first envisioned his masterpiece “Don Quixote” while in a Spanish prison.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, September 28, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, September 28, 2019

On this day in 1928, Alexander Fleming found that a blue-green mold was killing the staph bacteria he was attempting to grow. Thus was Penicillin discovered.

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