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The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, March 7, 2025

Posted on March 7, 2025 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the anniversary of the first March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama (1965), known as “Bloody Sunday.” Six hundred civil rights activists left Selma to march the 54 miles to the state capitol, demonstrating for African-American voting rights. They got six blocks before state and local lawmen attacked them with billy clubs and tear gas.

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, March 6, 2025

Posted on March 6, 2025 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of the Nobel Prize-winning novelist who said, “I’ve always been convinced that my true profession is that of journalist.” That’s Gabriel García Márquez, born in Aracataca, Colombia, on this day in 1927. He’s the author of one of the most important books in Latin American literature, One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967).

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Posted on March 5, 2025 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the anniversary of the Boston Massacre, which took place on a cold and snowy night in 1770. British soldiers had occupied Boston for 18 months to protect the tax collectors for the king of England. There had been several street fights between soldiers and townsmen since the beginning of the month, so tensions were already high on the evening of March 5th.

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Posted on March 4, 2025 - Writer's Almanac

John Adams was inaugurated on this date in 1797. He became the second president of the United States, succeeding George Washington in the first peaceful transfer of power between elected officials in modern times. His rival for the office had been Thomas Jefferson, and because Jefferson had received the second highest number of electoral votes, the Electoral College named him vice president.

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, March 3, 2025

Posted on March 3, 2025 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of the host of “This American Life”: Ira Glass, born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1959. He got into radio, he says, “totally by accident.” It was 1978, he was 19, had just finished his freshman year of college, and was looking for a summer job with an ad agency or a TV station. He managed to talk his way into an internship with NPR despite the fact he’d never listened to public radio.

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, March 2, 2025

Posted on March 2, 2025 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of a man considered to be the most popular children’s book writer in American history, the best-selling children’s book writer of all time, and a man who revolutionized the way children learned to read: Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seus , was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on this day in 1904.

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, March 1, 2025

Posted on March 1, 2025 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of poet Robert Lowell, born in Boston, Massachusetts (1917). He began his poetry career emulating the style of John Milton, writing about impersonal events and using strict meter and rhyme, but by the time his collection Life Studies was published in 1959, he was writing free verse about his own life.

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, February 28, 2025

Posted on February 28, 2025 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of novelist Colum McCann, born in Dublin, Ireland (1965). He’s the author of Let the Great World Spin (2009), which won the 2009 National Book Award. His fiction has been translated into 30 languages.

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, February 27, 2025

Posted on February 27, 2025 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of John Steinbeck, born in Salinas, California (1902). His early books didn’t sell well at all, and he supported himself as a manual laborer. His first success came with the 1935 novel Tortilla Flat, which was the story of King Arthur and the Round Table told through the lives of pleasure-loving Mexican Americans.

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Posted on February 26, 2025 - Writer's Almanac

President Woodrow Wilson established the Grand Canyon National Park on this date in 1919, after a 30 year opposition from ranchers, miners, and entrepreneurs. Today, the Grand Canyon National Park covers more than 1,900 square miles; the canyon itself is 277 river miles long, 10 miles wide, and a mile deep. The park receives 5 million visitors every year.

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