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The Writer’s Almanac for June 17, 2018

Posted on June 17, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Hersey, who wrote the nonfiction piece “Hiroshima” for the New Yorker about the obliteration of the city. It is also the birthday of Russian composer Igor Stravinsky.

The Writer’s Almanac for June 16, 2018

Posted on June 16, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

Today is Bloomsday, which commemorates the day on which the events of James Joyce’s novel Ulysses take place. Joyce chose June 16th, 1904, for the setting because it was the day of his first date with Nora Barnacle, his future wife.

The Writer’s Almanac for June 15, 2018

Posted on June 15, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

On this day in 1752, Benjamin Franklin is believed to have performed his famous kite experiment and proved that lightning is electricity. Franklin, as it turns out, was lucky to have conducted this experiment safely. Several others who attempted it after him were electrocuted.

The Writer’s Almanac for June 14, 2018

Posted on June 14, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of a man whose image has become one of the most popular cultural icons of the past half century: Che Guevara, born Ernesto Guevara de la Serna in Rosario, Argentina (1928).

The Writer’s Almanac for June 13, 2018

Posted on June 13, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of W.B. Yeats, born in Dublin in 1865. In 1889, he met Maud Gonne, an actress & activist who spoke out for Irish nationalism and independence. She became the love of his life, and though she refused his proposal of marriage, she believed that they were spiritually married.

The Writer’s Almanac for June 12, 2018

Posted on June 12, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It was on this day in 1942 that Anne Frank was given a small red and white diary as a gift for her 13th birthday. About a week after her birthday, on June 20th, she wrote: “Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me … because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a 13-year-old schoolgirl.”

The Writer’s Almanac for June 11, 2018

Posted on June 11, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of composer Richard Strauss, who said, “I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.” Also the birthday of playwright Ben Jonson, who used to make disparaging comments about his competitor William Shakespeare, and the birthday of novelist William Styron.

The Writer’s Almanac for June 10, 2018

Posted on June 10, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

And here is the Writer’s Almanac for Sunday. It’s the 10th of June, 2018. It’s the birthday of novelist Saul Bellow. When Saul was nine years old, the family moved to Chicago, the city that would become the setting of many of Bellow’s novels. On this day in 1881, Leo Tolstoy set off on a pilgrimage to the Optina Pustyn monastery.

The Writer’s Almanac for June 9, 2018

Posted on June 9, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

And here is the Writer’s Almanac for Saturday. It’s the 9th of June, 2018. It’s the birthday of novelist Charles Webb, author of The Graduate, and composer Cole Porter. It’s also the birthday of the novelist and peace activist Baroness Bertha von Suttner, and the anniversary of the first dime novel’s publication.

The Writer’s Almanac for June 8, 2018

Posted on June 8, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

And here is the Writer’s Almanac for Friday. It’s the 8th of June, 2018. In 1867 on this date, Mark Twain set off on a tour of Europe and the Middle East on a steam-driven side-wheeler called the Quaker City. He convinced his employer, a San Francisco newspaper, to pay for his cruise; in exchange, he would write 50 letters from the cruise ship to be published in the paper.

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