October’s Son: Thomas Wolfe and the Poetry of Homecoming

Thomas Wolfe, Portrait by Carl Van Vechten, 1937

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 3, 1900 On this day, dear readers, we celebrate the birth of a literary luminary whose words have the power to transport us to the very heart of autumn’s melancholic beauty. Thomas…

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Eudora Welty: Cultivating Stories in Soil and Ink

Eudora Welty

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 13, 1909 On this day, dear readers, we celebrate the birth of a literary luminary whose words have blossomed like the most exquisite of garden flowers. I speak, of course, of the…

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