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APM: Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac|Oct. 13, 2008: The Writer's Almanac Episode
Monday’s Poem: “Warnings” by David Allen Sullivan from Strong-Armed Angels. Monday’s Literary Notes: It’s the birthday of novelist and short-story writer Conrad Richter, born in Pine Grove, Pennsylvania (1890). His wife got sick, so they moved to New Mexico to improve her health. Richter became obsessed with the history of the Southwest. He traveled around interviewing people and gathering old record books, newspapers, letters, and diaries of the early pioneers. He wrote a book called Early…
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