APM: Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac Podcast feed
APM: Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac Podcast Feed
Each day, The Writer's Almanac features Garrison Keillor recounting the highlights of this day in history and reading a short poem or two. ...
Dec. 03, 2009: The Writer's Almanac
Thursday’s Poem: “Stars” by Freya Manfred, from Swimming with a Hundred Year Old Snapping Turtle. Thursday’s Literary Notes: It’s ...
Nov. 30, 2009: The Writer's Almanac
Monday’s Poem: Excerpt from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain. Monday’s Literary Notes: It was on this day in 1900 that Oscar Wilde ...
Dec. 01, 2009: The Writer's Almanac
Tuesday’s Poem: “Scrub Dreams of Taking the Last Shot” by Jack Ridl, from Losing Season. Tuesday’s Literary Notes: It’s the ...
Nov. 29, 2009: The Writer's Almanac
Sunday’s Poem: “A November Sunrise” by Anne Porter, from An Altogether Different Language. Sunday’s Literary Notes: It’s the ...
Nov. 28, 2009: The Writer's Almanac
Saturday’s Poem: “Bouquet” by Jerry Roscoe, from The Unexamined Life. Saturday’s Literary Notes: It’s the birthday of William ...
Nov. 27, 2009: The Writer's Almanac
Friday’s Poem: “The Surgeon” by Alicia Suskin Ostriker, from The Book of Seventy. Friday’s Literary Notes: It was on this day in ...
Nov. 25, 2009: The Writer's Almanac
Wednesday’s Poem: “Two Girls” by Jim Harrison, from Saving Daylight. Wednesday’s Literary Notes: It’s the birthday of Leonard ...
Nov. 26, 2009: The Writer's Almanac
Thursday’s Poem: “In Sickness and Health” by Alicia Suskin Ostriker, from The Book of Seventy. Thursday’s Literary Notes: It was on ...
Nov. 23, 2009: The Writer's Almanac
Monday’s Poem: “Where They Were and What They Were Doing” by Matt Cook, from In the Small of My Backyard. Monday’s Literary Notes: ...
Nov. 24, 2009: The Writer's Almanac
Tuesday’s Poem: “What the Dark-Eyed Angel Knows” by Eleanor Lerman, from The Mystery of Meteors. Tuesday’s Literary Notes: It’s ...
Nov. 22, 2009: The Writer's Almanac
Sunday’s Poem: “Head Cheerleader” by Jack Ridl, from Losing Season. Sunday’s Literary Notes: It was about 12:30 p.m. on this day in ...
Nov. 21, 2009: The Writer's Almanac
Saturday’s Poem: “XI.” by Wendell Berry, from Leavings. Saturday’s Literary Notes: It’s the birthday of Christopher Reuel Tolkien ...
Nov. 20, 2009: The Writer's Almanac
Friday’s Poem: “Farley, Iowa” by Christopher Wiseman, from the longer poem “Standing by Stones” from Crossing the Salt Flats. ...