The Writer's Almanac for Wednesday, May 25, 2022

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The Writer's Almanac for Wednesday, May 25, 2022

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May 25, 2022

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“People tend to blame a writer for writing something they’re too stupid to understand.” – Jamaica Kincaid, celebrating her 73rd birthday today.

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May 25, 2022

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The Writer's Almanac is a daily podcast of poetry and historical interest pieces, usually of literary significance. Each day's offering is five minutes long and contains "on this day in history" information as well as an accessible poem.

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The Writer's Almanac - Saturday, September 7, 2019: It’s the birthday of Edith Sitwell (1887), who once said, "I am not an eccentric. It's just that I am more alive than most people. I am an unpopular electric eel in a pool of catfish." by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Sunday, September 8, 2019: It was on this day in 1920 that the first transcontinental U.S. airmail service began, from New York to San Francisco. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Saturday, September 14, 2019: Today is the birthday of the Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov (1849), who taught the world about conditional reflexes. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Monday, September 2, 2019: It was on this day in 1901 that Theodore Roosevelt uttered his famous words "Speak softly and carry a big stick." by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Tuesday, September 3, 2019: It's the birthday of the youngest woman ever to receive the Booker Prize: Kiran Desai, born in New Delhi, India (1971). by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Tuesday, September 10, 2019: Today is the birthday of Mary Oliver (1935-2019), who wrote, "When it's over, I want to say all my life / I was a bride married to amazement." by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Wednesday, September 25, 2019: Today is the 38th anniversary of Sandra Day O'Connor being sworn in as a United States Supreme Court Justice, and the 230th anniversary of the Bill of Rights. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Thursday, September 19, 2019: Today is the 99th birthday of "New Yorker" essayist and editor Roger Angell, who’s been with the publication for 75 years. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Monday, September 9, 2019: It’s the birthday of Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy (1828), whose famous tome “War and Peace” was originally titled “1805.” by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Friday, October 4, 2019: Today in 1941 two prominent American writers were born: the gothic novelist Anne Rice, and the humorist Roy Blount Jr. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Sunday, September 15, 2019: On this day in 1890, an English child named Mary Clarissa Agatha Miller was born; she would become famed mystery writer Agatha Christie. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Wednesday, September 4, 2019: It was on this day in 1886 that Geronimo, the last major Native American warrior, surrendered after 30 years of fighting in Arizona. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Thursday, October 10, 2019: Today is the birthday of the playwright Harold Pinter (1930), who wrote his play “The Room” in just four days. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Friday, September 6, 2019: Today we feature the poem “While I Was Sleeping” by Olivia Stiffler and celebrate the birthday of Alice Sebold, author of "The Lovely Bones." by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Tuesday, September 17, 2019: It’s the birthday of Ken Kesey (1935), author of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,” a novel based on his experiences working in a veterans hospital. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Friday, September 20, 2019: Today is the birthday of Stephen King (1947). When asked why he writes, he said, "The answer to that is fairly simple — there was nothing else I was made to do." by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Friday, September 13, 2019: It was on this day in 1814 that Francis Scott Key was inspired to write the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner.” by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Monday, September 30, 2019: It’s the birthday of W.S. Merwin (1927-2019), who in the poem “Place,” wrote, “On the last day of the world / I would want to plant a tree.” by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Sunday, September 22, 2019: It was on this day in 1961 that Congress approved a bill to establish the Peace Corps, and President Kennedy signed it into law. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Thursday, September 26, 2019: It’s the birthday of T.S. Eliot (1888), who in 1948 won the Nobel Prize in literature and admittance to the Order of the British Empire. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Thursday, September 5, 2019: Today is the birthday of comedian and actor Bob Newhart who said, “Don't rush into adulthood; it isn't all that much fun." by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Tuesday, October 8, 2019: Today is the birthday of R.L. Stein (1943), author of the horror series for children “Goosebumps” and the “Fear Street” series for young adults. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Wednesday, September 11, 2019: Today we hear a poem from Joyce Sutphen about “Things You Didn’t Put on Your Résumé.” by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Sunday, October 13, 2019: One of the most beautiful love letters ever written, from John Keats to Fanny Brawne, was composed on this date in 1819. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Saturday, September 21, 2019: Today is the birthday of Stephen King (1947). When asked why he writes, he said, "The answer to that is fairly simple — there was nothing else I was made to do." by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Monday, September 23, 2019: On this day in 1806, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark returned to St. Louis, MO from their expedition to the Pacific Ocean. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Monday, October 7, 2019: Today is the birthday of Desmond Tutu (1931), who said, “Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate…that’s where the courage of a leader comes.” by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Monday, September 16, 2019: It’s the birthday of H.A. Rey (1898) whose story “The Adventures of Fifi” became the beloved book “Curious George.” by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Thursday, September 12, 2019: Today in 1846, poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning eloped. Elizabeth’s sonnet “How do I love thee, let me count the ways” is about their love. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac - Sunday, October 6, 2019: On this day in 1847 “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë was published. Brontë's masterwork was originally published under the androgynous pseudonym Currer Bell. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writers Almanac for Sunday, May 29, 2022: Today is the birthday of President John F. Kennedy, born in 1917. He said to his fellow Americans “ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country." by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Saturday, May 28, 2022: Today is the birthday of the man who created James Bond, novelist Ian Fleming, born in London, England in 1908. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Friday, May 27, 2022: It’s the birthday of the American poet who once said, “The public needs poetry; I need poetry, to help celebrate and console.” Linda Pastan, born in 1932. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Thursday, May 26, 2022: Today is the birthday of photographer Dorothea Lange, 1895, whose photo “Migrant Mother” is one of the most iconic images of the Great Depression. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Tuesday, May 24, 2022: “There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.” – Joseph Brodsky, poet, born on this day in 1940. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Monday, May 23, 2022: Poet Jane Kenyon would be 75 on this day had she not died of leukemia in 1995. We hear her poem “Philosophy in Warm Weather.” by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Sunday, May 22, 2022: It is the birthday of Harvey Milk (1930), the first openly gay man elected to public office. He was assassinated in 1978 about a year after his election to City Supervisor. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Saturday, May 21, 2022: On this day in 1881, Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. Clara Barton said, "I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them." by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Friday, May 20, 2022: On this day in 1946 English-born poet, W.H. Auden became a U.S. citizen. "It's a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it." by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Thursday, May 19, 2022: Today is the birthday of the minister and activist Malcolm X, born in 1925, and also of playwright Lorraine Hansberry, born in 1930. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Wednesday, May 18, 2022: "The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time." -- Bertrand Russell, philosopher, born on this day in 1872. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Tuesday, May 17, 2022: Today would have been the 83rd birthday of Gary Paulsen, author of “Hatchet,” who died in October of last year. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Monday, May 16, 2022: It's the birthday of writer, historian, and radioman Studs Terkel (1912), whose career was built out of in-depth personal interviews. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Sunday, May 15, 2022: “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.” Words written by the man behind “The Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum, born this day in 1856. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Saturday, May 14, 2022: America’s first space station Skylab was launched on this date in 1973. Occupied for only 8 months, it was the first platform for science in space. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Friday, May 13, 2022: Author Daphne du Maurier was born on this day in London (1907). Her blockbuster novel “Rebecca” (1938) was turned into a film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Thursday, May 12, 2022: Today is the birthday of novelist and poet Rosellen Brown, born in 1939. Her novels include “Tender Mercies” and most recently “Half a Heart”. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Wednesday, May 11, 2022: It's the anniversary of the printing of the first known book, the Diamond Sutra. In the year 868, Wang Chieh printed a Buddhist scripture on a 16-foot scroll using wood blocks. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Tuesday, May 10, 2022: On this date in 1872 Victoria Claflin Woodhull became the first woman candidate for president of the United States. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Monday, May 9, 2022: “I write to annoy God, to make Death laugh. I write because I can’t get it right. I write because I want every woman in the world to fall in love with me.” –Charles Simic, born on this day in 1938. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Sunday, May 8, 2022: “I am a poet who has preferred not to distinguish in poetry between nature and humanity.” –Gary Snyder, born on this day in 1930. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Saturday, May 7, 2022: It's the birthday of French playwright, activist, and feminist Olympe de Gouges (1748) who said that if "Woman has the right to mount the scaffold; she must equally have the right to mount the rostrum." by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Friday, May 6, 2022: “Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.” And “The ego is not master in its own house.” –Sigmund Freud, born on this day in 1856. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Thursday, May 5, 2022: It’s the birthday of the journalist Nellie Bly, born Elizabeth Jane Cochran in 1864. She became famous for feigning mental illness and exposing conditions in an asylum. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Wednesday, May 4, 2022: On this day in 1675, England’s King Charles II commissioned the Royal Greenwich Observatory and appointed the position of Astronomer Royal. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Tuesday, May 3, 2022: Today is the birthday of poet, novelist, and memoirist May Sarton, born in Belgium in 1912. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Sunday, May 1, 2022: On this date in 1840, the first official adhesive postage stamp was issued in Great Britain. Called the Penny Black, it was an engraved profile of Queen Victoria on a black background. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Monday, May 2, 2022: "You know more than you think you do." The parenting advice of the baby boomer generation came from Dr. Benjamin Spock, born on this day in 1903. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Saturday, April 30, 2022: It's the 77th birthday of author Annie Dillard. She won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek.” by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Friday, April 29, 2022: "Jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with" -- Edward Kennedy aka Duke Ellington, born 4/29/1899. by Garrison Keillor's Podcast
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The Writer's Almanac for Wednesday, May 25, 2022

The Writer's Almanac for Wednesday, May 25, 2022

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Titles in the series (100)

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