Composer Amy Beach and a short-lived Scottish poet share a birthday. Plus, an elegy for a friend’s shorn hair as today’s poem. … Listen HERESeptember 5th, Thursday | Amy Beach, American composer
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September 4th, Wednesday | Ahem, it’s “The City of the Queen of the Angels”
Los Angeles was first “The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels.” Luckily for the postal system, that name didn’t stick.Listen HERESeptember 4th, Wednesday | Ahem, it’s “The City of the Queen of the Angels”
September 3rd, Tuesday | A Blind Mathematician & Sarah Jewett
A blind mathematician (literally) and an American regionalism writer share a birthday. A poem from the birthday poet about a still Sunday morning.Listen HERESeptember 3rd, Tuesday | A Blind Mathematician & Sarah Jewett
August 30th, Friday | Mary Shelley and the Birth of Frankenstein
A little bit on Labor Day for the upcoming holiday on Monday. Plus, Mary Shelley’s birthday and her day of labor over Frankenstein.Listen HEREAugust 30th, Friday | Mary Shelley and the Birth of Frankenstein
August 29th, Thursday | Wendell Holmes, Sr & Vivien Thomas
A doctor remember for his poetry, and an assistant surgeon that has saved countless young lives share a birthday. Poem by birthday poet.Listen HEREAugust 29th, Thursday | Wendell Holmes, Sr & Vivien Thomas
August 28th, Wednesday | MLK’s “I have a dream…”
In 1963, MLK, Jr. gave his momentous “I Have a Dream” Speech to 250 thousand people on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.Listen HEREAugust 28th, Wednesday | MLK’s “I have a dream…”
August 27th, Tuesday | The Famous Five (of Canada) and Kenji
The Famous Five (of Canada) ask a clarifying question. A poet rejects his father’s lifestyle, despite benefitting from it. Plus, a translated poem. Listen HEREAugust 27th, Tuesday | The Famous Five (of Canada) and Kenji
August 26th, Monday | A Small-Town Writer & Hot Air Balloon Man
The first female to win a Pulitzer for Drama and the French inventor of the hot air balloon. Poem by the birthday writer.Listen HEREAugust 26th, Monday | A Small-Town Writer & Hot Air Balloon Man
August 23rd, Friday | One for the Books! Events from 1944, 1973, &1991
What a day in history! Completely unrelated events from 1944, 1973, and 1991. In keeping with the theme, an arbitrary poem by Melville.Listen HEREAugust 23rd, Friday | One for the Books! Events from 1944, 1973, &1991
August 22nd, Thursday | Bradbury & Debussy
Ray Bradbury, American author of Fahrenheit 451, is today’s spotlight. S.O. to birthday-er Claude Debussy as well. A prose poem by Walt Whitman.Listen HEREAugust 22nd, Thursday | Bradbury & Debussy