Posts Tagged ‘literary birthdays’
Margaret Atwood: The Poet Laureate of Earth and Leaf
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 18, 1939 On this day, the literary world welcomed a true force of nature – Margaret Atwood, a woman whose words would bloom as profusely and provocatively as the most audacious of…
Read MoreThe Flowering Mind of J.G. Ballard
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: November 15, 1930 On this day, dear readers, we commemorate the birth of a most extraordinary literary figure, James Graham Ballard, known to the world as J.G. Ballard. This English novelist, born in the year of our Lord 1930, would go on to cultivate…
Read MoreBlooms and Gloom: The Poetic Landscapes of Charlotte Mary Mew
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: November 15, 1869 On this day, dear readers and fellow gardeners, we celebrate the birth of a most intriguing literary flower: Charlotte Mary Mew, the English poet whose verses bloomed with a haunting beauty that continues to captivate us to this very day. Born…
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