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The Writer’s Almanac for September 25, 2018

Posted on September 25, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

On this day in 1957, nine African-American students were successfully registered at Little Rock Central High School, breaking the state’s longstanding policy of segregation.

The Writer’s Almanac for September 24, 2018

Posted on September 24, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896), whose daughter said, “People who live entirely by the fertility of their imaginations are fascinating, brilliant and often charming, but they should be sat next to at dinner parties, not lived with.”

The Writer’s Almanac for September 23, 2018

Posted on September 23, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of the dramatic poet Euripides, whose contemporaries made fun of him for enjoying solitude and writing in a large, 10-chambered cave now known as the Cave of Euripides.

The Writer’s Almanac for September 22, 2018

Posted on September 22, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It was on this day in 1888 that the first issue of National Geographic was published. Photographs were included later as a way to fill extra pages.

The Writer’s Almanac for September 21, 2018

Posted on September 21, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of prolific horror writer Stephen King (Portland, Maine, 1947), who said, “The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”

The Writer’s Almanac for September 20, 2018

Posted on September 20, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of one of the greatest editors of the 20th century, Maxwell Perkins (1884). His first big success at Scribner’s was his decision to publish a manuscript by a young man named F. Scott Fitzgerald called This Side of Paradise.

The Writer’s Almanac for September 19, 2018

Posted on September 19, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

On this day in 1982, computer scientist Scott Fahlman suggested on an online bulletin board that the users type a colon, a hyphen, and a closing parenthesis when their post was intended as a joke. 🙂

The Writer’s Almanac for September 18, 2018

Posted on September 18, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It was on this day in 1851 that the first edition of The New York Times was published. Its original name was The New-York Daily Times, and each copy cost one cent.

The Writer’s Almanac for September 17, 2018

Posted on September 17, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of Ken Kesey (1935), author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

The Writer’s Almanac for September 16, 2018

Posted on September 16, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Curious George creator H. A. Rey, who escaped Paris on a pair of bicycles with wife and collaborator Margret Rey just before the Nazi invasion in June 1940.

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