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The Writer’s Almanac for March 12, 2019

Posted on March 12, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of writer Dave Eggers (Boston, 1970), founder of “The Believer” and “McSweeney’s” magazines.

The Writer’s Almanac for March 11, 2019

Posted on March 11, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

It was on this day in 1818 that Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein was published, inspired by a ghost story she had told her friends two summers before.

The Writer’s Almanac for March 10, 2019

Posted on March 10, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

It was on this day in 1876 that Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful telephone call. He advised saying “Ahoy!” instead of “hello,” and “that’s all” instead of “goodbye.”

The Writer’s Almanac for March 9, 2019

Posted on March 9, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Vita Sackville-West (1892), who wrote eight novels and five plays before turning 19. She was the inspiration for Virginia Woolf’s novel “Orlando.”

The Writer’s Almanac for March 8, 2019

Posted on March 8, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

Today’s episode features a poem about maple syrup (the second of that type of poem we’ve featured this week!) by Laura Davies Foley, called “It Is Time.”

The Writer’s Almanac for March 7, 2019

Posted on March 7, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the anniversary of the first march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama (1965), known as “Bloody Sunday.” TV footage of policemen attacking the marchers helped to shift national public opinion on civil rights.

The Writer’s Almanac for March 6, 2019

Posted on March 6, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of the Nobel Prize-winning novelist who said, “I’ve always been convinced that my true profession is that of journalist”: Gabriel García Márquez (1927).

The Writer’s Almanac for March 5, 2019

Posted on March 5, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the anniversary of the Boston Massacre, which took place on a cold and snowy night in 1770. John Adams was the lawyer who took on the case of the British soldiers.

The Writer’s Almanac for March 4, 2019

Posted on March 4, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was inaugurated on this day in 1933, and his address included the famous phrase, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

The Writer’s Almanac for March 3, 2019

Posted on March 3, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Ira Glass (1959), who launched the public radio program “This American Life” (originally called “Your Radio Playhouse”) in 1995.

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