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The Writer’s Almanac for November 14, 2018

Posted on November 14, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of the artist who said, “I would like to paint the way a bird sings”: Claude Monet.

The Writer’s Almanac for November 12, 2018

Posted on November 12, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It was on this day in 1954 that Ellis Island formally closed its doors after processing more than 12 million immigrants to the United States.

The Writer’s Almanac for November 11, 2018

Posted on November 11, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of author Kurt Vonnegut (1922), who advised other writers to “Make characters want something right away — even if it’s only a glass of water.”

The Writer’s Almanac for November 10, 2018

Posted on November 10, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It was on this day in 1969 that Sesame Street premiered, with the aim to “master the addictive qualities of television and do something good with them.”

The Writer’s Almanac for November 9, 2018

Posted on November 9, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of poet Anne Sexton, who said of her mental health, “My fans think I got well, but I didn’t: I just became a poet.”

The Writer’s Almanac for November 8, 2018

Posted on November 8, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It was on this day in 1864 that Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term as president of the United States, one of the few elections in world history to be held in the middle of a civil war.

The Writer’s Almanac for November 7, 2018

Posted on November 7, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of scientist Marie Curie (Warsaw, 1867), whose laboratory journals are still too radioactive to handle.

The Writer’s Almanac for November 6, 2018

Posted on November 6, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of the founder of The New Yorker magazine, Harold Ross (1892), who was gap-toothed, messy-haired, and Western-accented.

The Writer’s Almanac for November 5, 2018

Posted on November 5, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

On this day in 1930, a Swedish newspaper reporter telephoned an incredulous Sinclair Lewis to tell him that he had won the Nobel Prize in literature.

The Writer’s Almanac for November 4, 2018

Posted on November 4, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of cowboy poet and humorist Will Rogers, who once joked, “I am not a member of an organized political party. I am a Democrat.”

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