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The Writer’s Almanac for October 1, 2018

Posted on October 1, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of novelist Tim O’Brien, author of The Things They Carried, who said, “A true war story is never moral.”

The Writer’s Almanac for September 30, 2018

Posted on September 30, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

On this day in 1949, the Berlin Airlift ended after more than a year of delivering food to West Berliners.

The Writer’s Almanac for September 29, 2018

Posted on September 29, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

Today we celebrate the birthday of Miguel de Cervantes, author of what is considered to be the first modern novel: Don Quixote.

The Writer’s Almanac for September 28, 2018

Posted on September 28, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of real-life scrivener and alchemist Nicholas Flamel (1300), known to millennials as the 600-year-old friend of Albus Dumbledore.

The Writer’s Almanac for September 27, 2018

Posted on September 27, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Scottish writer Irvine Welsh (1958). His first novel, Trainspotting (1993), was an instant cult classic that was made into a very popular movie.

The Writer’s Almanac for September 26, 2018

Posted on September 26, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of poet T. S. Eliot (1888), who managed to finish both his undergraduate work and master’s degree in just four years at Harvard University.

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.

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