Under-sea cables connect the U.S. to the world, the U.N. adopts its Convention against Discrimination in Education, and the birthday club includes Anne Conway and Shirley Jackson - with a reading from Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist."
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Story of Writing December 13, 2025
The forerunner of the U.S. National Guard is founded, the Rape of Nanjing begins, and the birthday club includes Jean Gerson and Taylor Swift - with a reading from Jane Austen's "Persuasion."
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Story of Writing December 12, 2025
The Paris Agreement on climate change is adopted and it is the birthday of Gustave Flaubert - with a reading from his landmark novel "Madame Bovary."
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Story of Writing December 11, 2025
Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S. and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves the use of a COVID-19 vaccine. The birthday club includes Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Jim Harrison - with a reading from Solzhenitsyn's "The Gulag Archipelago."
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Story of Writing December 10, 2025
Encyclopedia Britannica publishes its first edition and the birthday club includes William Lloyd Garrison, Emily Dickinson, and Melvil Dewey - with a reading of Dickinson's "Hope is the thing with feathers."
On this short, daily podcast, host Jon Brown talks about the writers and written work that made history on this day. Each episode includes a reading of prose or poetry.