@bookcritics.bsky.social Happy birthday John Sayles!

@bookcritics.bsky.social Louis Auchincloss was born today, September 27, in 1917.

@bookcritics.bsky.social T. S. Eliot was born today, September 26, in 1888.

@bookcritics.bsky.social William Faulkner was born today, September 25, in 1897.

@bookcritics.bsky.social The great F. Scott Fitzgerald was born today, September 24, in 1896.

@bookcritics.bsky.social John Coltrane was born today, September 23, in 1926.

@bookcritics.bsky.social September 22, 1598. Do not take your cue from Spenser: never challenge a critic to a duel.

@bookcritics.bsky.social H. G. Wells was born today, September 21, in 1866.

@bookcritics.bsky.social Upton Sinclair was born today, September 20, in 1878.

@bookcritics.bsky.social Henry Bromell was born today, September 19, in 1947.

@bookcritics Samuel Johnson was born today, September 18, in 1709. "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." --Samuel Johnson (Sept. 18, 1709 – Dec. 13, 1784)

@bookcritics.bsky.social Ken Kesey was born today, September 17, in 1935.

@bookcritics.bsky.social "Movie star and film visionary Robert Redford died at his home in Utah on Tuesday. He was 89 years old." www.npr.org/2025/09/16/1...

@bookcritics.bsky.social Happy birthday, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie!

@bookcritics.bsky.social Happy birthday, Bonnie Jo Campbell!

@bookcritics.bsky.social Roald Dahl was born today, September 13, in 1916.

@bookcritics.bsky.social H. L. Mencken was born today, September 12, in 1880.

@bookcritics.bsky.social D. H. Lawrence was born today, September 11, in 1885.

@bookcritics.bsky.social Critic Carl Van Doren was born today, September 10, in 1885.

@bookcritics.bsky.social Tolstoy was born today, September 9, in 1828.

@bookcritics.bsky.social Happy birthday, Ann Beattie!

@bookcritics.bsky.social Edith Sitwell was born today, September in 1887.

@bookcritics.bsky.social Frank Yerby was born today, September 5, in 1916.

@bookcritics.bsky.social Richard Wright was born today, September 4, in 1908.

@bookcritics.bsky.social Happy birthday, Malcolm Gladwell!

@bookcritics.bsky.social The "Old Man and the Sea" was first published in Life magazine today, September 1, in 1952.

@bookcritics.bsky.social The "Old Man and the Sea" was first published in Life magazine today, September 1, in 1952.

@bookcritics.bsky.social William Saroyan was born today, August 31, in 1908.

@bookcritics.bsky.social Mary Shelley was born today, August 30, in 1797.

@bookcritics.bsky.social Happy birthday, Steve Yarbrough!

@bookcritics.bsky.social C. S. Forester was born today, August 27, in 1899.

@bookcritics.bsky.social Happy birthday, Nikky Finney!

@bookcritics.bsky.social Happy birthday, Charles Wright!

@bookcritics.bsky.social Malcolm Cowley was born today, August 24, in 1898.

@bookcritics.bsky.social Gene Kelly was born today, August 23, in 1912.

@bookcritics.bsky.social Dorothy Parker was born today, August 22, in 1893.

@bookcritics.bsky.social Robert Stone was born today, August 21, in 1937.

@bookcritics.bsky.social Salvatore Quasimodo was born today, August 20, in 1901. Quasimodo was an Italian novelist and poet. In 1959, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature 1959 “for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times.”

@bookcritics.bsky.social Ogden Nash was born today, August 19, in 1902.

@bookcritics.bsky.social Happy birthday, Nicole Krauss!

@bookcritics.bsky.social Wavy Gravy. August 17, Sunday 1969. "It's everybody--We're all feedin' each other." Sometimes that's remembered as a metaphor, but he meant it literally at the time. 🙂 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTIp...

@bookcritics.bsky.social Country Joe MacDonald at Woodstick August, 16, 1969. "Listen, people, I don’t know how you expect to ever stop the war if you can’t sing any better than that. There’s about 300,000 of you fuckers out there. I want you to start singin’." www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmwT...

@bookcritics.bsky.social "New York State Thruway is closed, man." --Arlo Guthrie, August 15, 1969.

@bookcritics.bsky.social John Galsworthy was born today almost 160 years ago, August 14, in 1867.

@bookcritics.bsky.social Alfred Hitchcock was born today, August 13, in 1899.

@bookcritics.bsky.social Donald Justice was born today, August 12, in 1925.

@bookcritics.bsky.social Andre Dubus was born today, August 11, in 1936.

@bookcritics.bsky.social Jorge Amado was born today, August 10, in 1912.

@bookcritics.bsky.social Philip Larkin was born today, August 9, in 1922.

@bookcritics.bsky.social My dad and mom were married today, August 7, in 1954, in a double wedding ceremony Dad's brother and Mom's sister.