Maybe it’s because I was born and raised in Washington D.C., where notable people are often your neighbors, but I continue to be dismayed at readings when I see hordes of fans surrounding a “famous” author and lavishing an obscene amount of obseq...

Literary Birthdays Calendar

Jan. 1, 1879 E. M. Forster

Jan. 1, 1873 Mariano Azuela

Jan. 1, 1768 Maria Edgeworth 

Jan. 1, 1823 Sandor Petofi

Jan. 1, 1919 J. D. Salinger

Jan. 1, 1933 Joe Orton

Jan. 2, 1894 Robert Nathan

Jan. 2, 1920 Isaac Asimov 

Jan. 3, 1893 Gilbert Seldes 

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