But I did and so I sat down to cheer it up a little and wrote a new first paragraph. That’s why a writer shouldn’t read his own work. ![]() I sat down and looked at my memoir THAT TIME OF YEAR when it came out and was put off by the sadness, the opening chapter about how much I missed doing “A Prairie Home Companion,” so I sat down to fix it. It is available for pre-order in our shop now. The "revised" softcover version of Garrison Keillor's memoir, That Time of Year: A Minnesota Life will be available wherever you get your books on March 7, 2023. It’s the 81st birthday of Judy Blume ( books by this author), born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the best-selling author of more than two dozen books for young people, including Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (1970) and Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (1972). A musical house, with more / children than you planned for, / a smallest hand, and fingers / of that hand closing on one / of yours, making a handle, / pulling the lever gaily / down, ringing in the first / jackpot of many, with coins / and cries, heavenly noise, / a crashing pile of minor riches -” Like sound packed / in a trumpet’s bell, its glossy / exit retains that shape, printing / its curve in reverse on the ear. She found that it was much easier to be a prolific poet when she felt less happy and less fulfilled. ![]() Garrison had children and didn’t produce another poetry book for almost a decade. It sold more than 30,000 copies, which is a lot for a poetry book - Pulitzer Prize-winning poets routinely sell far less. Her first poetry collection, A Working Girl Can’t Win, was published in 1998. ![]() It’s the birthday of poet and editor Deborah Garrison ( books by this author), born in Ann Arbor, Michigan (1965). He was the only child of Carl Schulz, a barber, who was born in Germany, and Dena Halverson, who had Norwegian heritage. His uncle called him “Sparky” after the horse Spark Plug in Billy DeBeck’s comic strip, Barney Google. On this day in 2000, Charles Schulz ( books by this author), creator of the popular comic strip “Peanuts” and the world of Charlie Brown and Snoopy, died of colon cancer at age 77.īorn in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Schulz grew up in Saint Paul. But about 20 years later, he published his book On the Origin of Species (1859), the year before Abraham Lincoln was elected president. It took him a long time to publish his findings, mainly because he was afraid of being attacked as an atheist. The journey was the only time Darwin ever left England. He collected all the evidence that he would need to construct his theories of evolution. Darwin brought with him a book called Principles of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell, which suggested that the Earth was millions of years old.ĭuring the five-year trip, Darwin got a chance to explore the Galapagos Islands, which were spaced far enough apart that the animals on them had evolved over time into different species. He was only 22 years old when he set sail for Patagonia on a surveying expedition of the HMS Beagle, working as an assistant to the captain. The great point is to bring them the real facts.” And he said, “No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.”Ĭharles Darwin ( books by this author) was born this day in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England (1809). If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. He said, “I am a firm believer in the people. ![]() It’s the birthday of two men who were born on exactly the same day in 1809: Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin.Ībraham Lincoln was born in Hardin County, Kentucky, in 1809. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost.
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