July 1st – William Strunk
“A careful and honest writer does not need to worry about style. As you become proficient in the use of language, your style will emerge, because you yourself will emerge, and when this happens you will find it increasingly easy to breakthrough the barriers that separate you from other minds, other hearts – which is,… Read More July 1st – William Strunk
July 2nd – Hermann Hesse
This day will never come again and anyone who fails to eat and drink and taste and smell it will never have it offered to him again in all eternity. The sun will never shine as it does today…But you must play your part and sing a song, one of your best. – Hermann Hesse,… Read More July 2nd – Hermann Hesse
July 21st – Ernest Hemingway
I think you should learn about writing from everybody who has ever written that has anything to teach you. – Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois. After high school Hemingway worked as a reporter for The Kansas City Star before enlisting as an Ambulance driver on the… Read More July 21st – Ernest Hemingway
July 22 – Margery Williams
‘It doesn’t happen all at once,’ said the Skin Horse. ‘You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept.” Born July 22, 1881, in London, Margery Williams grew up with a vivid imagination and a… Read More July 22 – Margery Williams
July 23, 1885 – Ulysses S. Grant
On this day, July 23, 1885, Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War General and 18th President of the United States, died at the age of 63 of throat cancer. Grant spent the final year of his life writing his personal memoirs to save his family from financial ruin. Ulysses. S Grant is best known for leading the… Read More July 23, 1885 – Ulysses S. Grant
July 24th – Zelda Fitzgerald
Zelda Fitzgerald was born Zelda Sayre on July 24, 1900, in Montgomery, Alabama. Known for her beauty and personality, Zelda is remembered for much more than simply the wife of a famous writer. In 1918 Zelda met her future husband as a young Lieutenant, recently dropped out of Princeton to enlist during WWI. F. Scott… Read More July 24th – Zelda Fitzgerald
July 25th – Archie Joscelyn
Archie Lynn Joscelyn was born on July 25th, 1899 in Great Falls, Montana. He grew up on a cattle ranch, and used his background in the West to write popular historical Westerns. He was incredibly prolific, and also authored a number of detective and romance novels. His first book, The Golden Bowl, was published in… Read More July 25th – Archie Joscelyn
July 27th – Peter Reading
“Eschew baggage for the expedition is brief “ Peter Reading Born July 27th, 1946, Peter Reading was an English poet, described by the Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry as “strongly anti-romantic, disenchanted and usually satirical.” After high school Reading studied painting at Liverpool College of Art, then from 1968-1970 taught art history. From 1970 – 1992… Read More July 27th – Peter Reading
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November 24th – Frances Hodgson Burnett
“Never did she find anything so difficult as to keep herself from losing her temper when she was suddenly disturbed while absorbed in a book. “ A Little Princess, Frances Hodgson Burnett Frances Hodgson Burnett was born on November 24, 1849, in Cheetham, Manchester, England. Her father died suddenly of a stroke when she was… Read More November 24th – Frances Hodgson Burnett
November 23rd – Christopher Logue
Come to the edge. We might fall. Come to the edge. It’s too high! COME TO THE EDGE! And they came, and he pushed, And they flew Christopher Logue Christopher Logue was born November 23, 1926, in Portsmith, Hampshire, England. A notable pacifist and poet associated with the British Poetry Revival, he was also a… Read More November 23rd – Christopher Logue
November 20th – Pauli Murray
“One person plus one typewriter constitutes a movement.” ― Pauli Murray Pauli Murray was born Anna Pauline Murray on November 20, 1910, in Baltimore, Maryland. She was the fourth of six children. After her mother died from a cerebral hemorrhage in 1914, Pauli was sent to live with her maternal aunt and grandparents in Durham,… Read More November 20th – Pauli Murray
November 19th – Anna Seghers
“Not only can what others are suffering be a consolation while we are suffering, but even knowing what others suffered long ago can be consoling.” ― Anna Seghers, The Seventh Cross Anna Seghers was born Anna Reiling on November 19, 1900, in Mainz, Germany. Her family was Jewish, and her father owned an Art and… Read More November 19th – Anna Seghers
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