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- The Writer's Almanac for Friday, December 31, 2021On New Years' Eve, 1879, Thomas Edison demonstrated the first incandescent light bulb for 3,000 spectators, who were awed and delighted with the invention.
This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3389445/advertisement5 min - The Writer's Almanac for Thursday, December 30, 2021Today is the 75th birthday of Patti Smith. Sometimes known as “the godmother of punk,” Smith is also the author of poetry collections, art, and memoir.
This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3389445/advertisement5 min - The Writer's Almanac for Wednesday, December 29, 2021Today is the anniversary of the massacre at Wounded Knee, resulting in the death of over 150 native Lakota Sioux people, including Chief Sitting Bull.
This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3389445/advertisement5 min - The Writer's Almanac for Tuesday, December 28, 2021Comedian Sam Levenson was born on this day in New York, 1911. “It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.
This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3389445/advertisement5 min - The Writer's Almanac for Monday, December 27, 2021James Barrie’s play “Peter Pan, the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up” had its opening night on this day in 1904.
This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3389445/advertisement5 min - The Writer's Almanac for Sunday, December 26, 2021Today is the first day of Kwanzaa, also the birth of humorist David Sedaris (1956) whose latest book “A Carnival of Snackery” came out in October.
This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3389445/advertisement5 min - The Writer's Almanac for Saturday, December 25, 2021Christmas Day. Also the birthday of Dorothy Wordsworth, sister of William Wordsworth, whom we now know used some of his sister’s writings in his poems.
This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3389445/advertisement5 min - The Writer's Almanac for Friday, December 24, 2021For Christmas Eve we discuss the story "Dancing Dan's Christmas" by Damon Runyon.
This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3389445/advertisement5 min - The Writer's Almanac for Thursday, December 23, 2021It’s the birthday of Minnesota poet Robert Bly, who died just a month ago, Nov. 21st, a month shy of his 95th birthday. We feature his poem “The Call Away.”
This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3389445/advertisement5 min - The Writer's Almanac for Wednesday, December 22, 2021It's the birthday Kenneth Rexroth (1905). He published more than 50 books of poetry and once said, "Man thrives where angels would die of ecstasy and where pigs would die of disgust."
This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3389445/advertisement5 min
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