Garrison Keillor's Podcast

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Garrison Keillor's Podcast episodes

March 11, 2022 The Writer's Almanac for Friday, March 11, 2022
On this day in 1959 Lorraine Hansberry’s play “A Raisin in the Sun” opened on Broadway. New York Times called it “the play that changed American theater forever.”

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March 10, 2022 The Writer's Almanac for Thursday, March 10, 2022
It's the birthday of the author of the style guide known as "Fowler's Modern English Usage"--Henry Watson Fowler, born in Tonbridge, England (1858).

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March 09, 2022 The Writer's Almanac for Wednesday, March 9, 2022
It's the birthday of writer Vita Sackville-West (1892), and also the publication date of her lover Virginia Woolf’s first novel “The Voyage Out” (1913).

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March 08, 2022 The Writer's Almanac for Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Writer John McPhee celebrates his 91st birthday today. A writer of non-fiction, his work spans a vast range of subjects from the making of canoes, to military stories, to his own genealogy.

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March 07, 2022 The Writer's Almanac for Monday, March 7, 2022
“The woods are lovely, dark, and deep/But I have promises to keep/And miles to go before I sleep" Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," published on this day in 1923.

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March 06, 2022 The Writer's Almanac for Sunday, March 6, 2022
"What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it." --Gabriel García Márquez, born this day in Colombia, 1927.

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March 05, 2022 The Writer's Almanac for Saturday, March 5, 2022
Gerardus Mercator is not a household name. Born in 1512, he developed the “Mercator projection,” distorting a map so latitude and longitude lines were at right angles. It revolutionized navigation, and is still used today.

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March 04, 2022 The Writer's Almanac for Friday, March 4, 2022
Frances Perkins became the first female U.S. Secretary of Labor on this date in 1933. She led the elimination of Child Labor, the 40-hour workweek, and Social Security.

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March 03, 2022 The Writer's Almanac for Thursday, March 3, 2022
220 years ago on this day, Ludwig van Beethoven published the "Moonlight" Sonata. Of its popularity, he said, "Surely I've written better things."

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March 02, 2022 The Writer's Almanac for Wednesday, March 2 , 2022
"Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor."-- Sholem Aleichem, born on this day in Ukraine, 1859.

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