Garrison Keillor's Podcast

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Garrison Keillor's Podcast episodes

April 24, 2021 The Writer's Almanac - Saturday, April 24, 2021
Author Anthony Trollope was born this day in London, 1815. On writing he said, “A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labors of a spasmodic Hercules.”

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6 min
April 23, 2021 The Writer's Almanac - Friday, April 23, 2021
William Shakespere is believed to have been born on this day in 1564. He gave us the phrases "dead as a doornail," "come what may," "heart's content,” and "wild goose chase."

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5 min
April 22, 2021 The Writer's Almanac - Thursday, April 22, 2021
“Writing is a kind of revenge against circumstance too: bad luck, loss, pain. If you make something out of it, then you’ve no longer been bested by these events.”-- Louise Glück (1943

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5 min
April 21, 2021 The Writer's Almanac - Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Today is the 105th birthday of Charlotte Brontë, author of “Jane Eyre” and the last of the literary Brontë siblings to walk this earth.

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5 min
April 20, 2021 The Writer's Almanac - Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Today we feature the poem “I Can’t Stop Loving You John Keats” by Kim Addonizio, from her new collection “Now We’re Getting Somewhere.”

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5 min
April 19, 2021 The Writer's Almanac - Monday, April 19, 2021
On this day in 1824, British poet Lord Byron died while fighting in the Greek War of Independence. A romantic poet, playboy, rogue, Byron’s spirit lives on in the poetic imagination.

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5 min
April 18, 2021 The Writer's Almanac - Sunday, April 18, 2021
It’s birthday of the man who inspired the word "beatnik," poet Bob Kaufman. A man who aspired to be forgotten and was frequently arrested for shouting his poetry in public.

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5 min
April 17, 2021 The Writer's Almanac - Saturday, April 17, 2021
According to legend, it was on this day in 1397 that Geoffrey Chaucer recited The Canterbury Tales to the court of Richard II.

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5 min
April 16, 2021 The Writer's Almanac - Friday, April 16, 2021
Gertrude Chandler Warner, born this day in 1890, gave the world “The Boxcar Children,” a series that has continued to capture the imagination of children to this day

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5 min
April 15, 2021 The Writer's Almanac - Thursday, April 15, 2021
Today we feature a poem by Barbara Quick, “Conjuring Nana.” A vision of childhood, memories of family.

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5 min