Garrison Keillor hosts The Writer’s Almanac -- a 5 minute pr
ogram broadcast daily on more than 300 radio stations. It can also be heard on XM Satellite radio. Each day Keillor talks about literary and historical events and birth days of writers. On today’s program, for instance, he tells about the marriage of John Rolfe and Pocahontas on April 5, 1614 and notes the birthdays of philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1558) and the poet Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837).
The program always ends with the host reading a poem by a noted writer. The Writer's Almanac's website contains an archive of the broadcasts going back to February 2001, so listeners can re-hear favorite poems such as R. S. Gwynn's “My Agent Says”, broadcast December 30, 2002. Internet users can also sign up to have a link to the program sent daily via e-mail.
ogram broadcast daily on more than 300 radio stations. It can also be heard on XM Satellite radio. Each day Keillor talks about literary and historical events and birth days of writers. On today’s program, for instance, he tells about the marriage of John Rolfe and Pocahontas on April 5, 1614 and notes the birthdays of philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1558) and the poet Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837). The program always ends with the host reading a poem by a noted writer. The Writer's Almanac's website contains an archive of the broadcasts going back to February 2001, so listeners can re-hear favorite poems such as R. S. Gwynn's “My Agent Says”, broadcast December 30, 2002. Internet users can also sign up to have a link to the program sent daily via e-mail.
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