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The Writer’s Almanac for January 21, 2019

Posted on January 21, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

Today is Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, a national holiday that Ronald Reagan signed into law in 1983, following years of activists’ petitions, conferences, and advocacy.

The Writer’s Almanac for January 20, 2019

Posted on January 20, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of the late Susan Vreeland (1946), whose novels, such as “Girl in Hyacinth Blue,” intersected with alternate histories of art.

The Writer’s Almanac for January 19, 2019

Posted on January 19, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of Edwidge Danticat (Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 1969), author of “Krik? Krack!” and the upcoming short story collection “Everything Inside.”

The Writer’s Almanac for January 18, 2019

Posted on January 18, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Rubén Darío (1867), a great poet in the Spanish-speaking world who is barely known to English speakers.

The Writer’s Almanac for January 17, 2019

Posted on January 17, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard” premiered on this day in 1904. He had meant for it to be a comedy, and was annoyed that the director had presented it as a tragedy.

The Writer’s Almanac for January 16, 2019

Posted on January 16, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

On this day in 1605, Book One of Cervantes’ “Don Quixote” was published. The novel remains the most-translated book in the world after the Bible.

The Writer’s Almanac for January 15, 2019

Posted on January 15, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

“If a man hasn’t discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.”
–Martin Luther King, Jr., born this day in Atlanta, 1929

The Writer’s Almanac for January 14, 2019

Posted on January 14, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Pulitzer-prize winning columnist Maureen Dowd (1951), who said, “The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.”

The Writer’s Almanac for January 13, 2019

Posted on January 13, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of the author who created Paddington Bear: that’s Michael Bond, born Newbury, England, in 1926.

The Writer’s Almanac for January 12, 2019

Posted on January 12, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of writer Haruki Murakami (1949), whose most recent novel, “Killing Commendatore,” was released in the U.S. this past October.

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