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Bernie Taupin
Ted Kaczynski
Sun Ra
"the rockets wind, the blast of space" by Sun Ra

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Bernie Taupin
Ted Kaczynski
Sun Ra
"the rockets wind, the blast of space" by Sun Ra

]]> The Writer's Allman Brother Buzzsprout-19220858 Fri, 22 May 2026 02:00:00 -0400 386 full false The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, May 15, 2026 The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, May 15, 2026 The Papal Bull Ad Extirpanda

The National Women's Suffrage Association - New York Charter

L. Frank Baum

"Visions of Rotterdam" by Gregory Corso 

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The National Women's Suffrage Association - New York Charter

L. Frank Baum

"Visions of Rotterdam" by Gregory Corso 

]]> The Writer's Allman Brother Buzzsprout-19180834 Fri, 15 May 2026 01:00:00 -0400 354 full false The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, May 8, 2026 The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, May 8, 2026 Pejk Malinovski

Phillis Wheatley

Roddy Doyle

"Hello, I'm Erica Jong" by Kathy Acker

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Phillis Wheatley

Roddy Doyle

"Hello, I'm Erica Jong" by Kathy Acker

]]> The Writer's Allman Brother Buzzsprout-19138818 Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 404 full true The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, May 1, 2026 The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, May 1, 2026 May Day

Dick Swett

Judy Collins

"Emergency Warning" by Yrsa Daley-Ward 

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Dick Swett

Judy Collins

"Emergency Warning" by Yrsa Daley-Ward 

]]> The Writer's Allman Brother Buzzsprout-19101405 Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400 389 full true The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, April 24, 2026 The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, April 24, 2026 Trojan Horse

Shirley MacLaine

Sue Grafton

"Talk of People in Warning" by Joan Murray

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Shirley MacLaine

Sue Grafton

"Talk of People in Warning" by Joan Murray

]]> The Writer's Allman Brother Buzzsprout-19062200 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400 344 full true The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, April 17, 2026 The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, April 17, 2026 Columbus signs contract to go on boat trip

Thornton Wilder

Nick Hornby

"All Right By Me" by Steve Carey  

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Thornton Wilder

Nick Hornby

"All Right By Me" by Steve Carey  

]]> The Writer's Allman Brother Buzzsprout-19029518 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400 301 full true The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, April 10, 2026 The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, April 10, 2026 Joseph Pulitzer

The Safety Pin

Lincoln Reburial

Paul Theroux

Anne Lamott

"I'd like to make five or six points about" by Hayley Stahl

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The Safety Pin

Lincoln Reburial

Paul Theroux

Anne Lamott

"I'd like to make five or six points about" by Hayley Stahl

]]> The Writer's Allman Brother Buzzsprout-18992866 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400 465 full true The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, April 3, 2026 The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, April 3, 2026 Jane Goodall

Harvard gives George Washington honorary law degree

Pony Express begins

Birth of TV Guide

ACLU defends Ginsberg's "Howl"

Panama Papers leaked

"Your server has been identified as a spam source. Go away” by Christina Strong


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Harvard gives George Washington honorary law degree

Pony Express begins

Birth of TV Guide

ACLU defends Ginsberg's "Howl"

Panama Papers leaked

"Your server has been identified as a spam source. Go away” by Christina Strong


]]> The Writer's Allman Brother Buzzsprout-18956527 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:00:00 -0400 366 full true The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, March 27, 2026 The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, March 27, 2026 Quentin Tarantino

The Slap

Mariah Carey

Frank O'Hara

"To Hell With It" by Frank O'Hara

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The Slap

Mariah Carey

Frank O'Hara

"To Hell With It" by Frank O'Hara

]]> The Writer's Allman Brother Buzzsprout-18914198 Sun, 29 Mar 2026 01:00:00 -0400 380 full true The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, March 20, 2026 The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, March 20, 2026 AJ Jacobs

Mary Roach

Henrik Ibsen

Mr. Rogers

Ovid

Gerard Malanga

BF Skinner

Sting 

Lee "Scratch" Perry

A 1980 letter to the Japanese government by Lee "Scratch" Perry, requesting that Paul McCartney be released from jail and cleared of marijuana charges. 

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Mary Roach

Henrik Ibsen

Mr. Rogers

Ovid

Gerard Malanga

BF Skinner

Sting 

Lee "Scratch" Perry

A 1980 letter to the Japanese government by Lee "Scratch" Perry, requesting that Paul McCartney be released from jail and cleared of marijuana charges. 

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Neil Sedaka

Dorothy Davenport

"80's Child's Play" by Airea D. Matthews

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Neil Sedaka

Dorothy Davenport

"80's Child's Play" by Airea D. Matthews

]]> The Writer's Allman Brother Buzzsprout-18833656 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400 343 full true The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, March 6 2026 The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, March 6 2026 Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Gabriel García Márquez

Brendan Lorber

"The Absence of Evidence is Not Evidence of Absence" by Brendan Lorber 

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Gabriel García Márquez

Brendan Lorber

"The Absence of Evidence is Not Evidence of Absence" by Brendan Lorber 

]]> The Writer's Allman Brother Buzzsprout-18796408 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500 406 full true The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, February 27, 2026 The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, February 27, 2026 John Steinbeck

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Ralph Nader

Kenneth Koch

"To 'Yes'" by Kenneth Koch

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Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Ralph Nader

Kenneth Koch

"To 'Yes'" by Kenneth Koch

]]> The Writer's Allman Brother Buzzsprout-18759175 Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500 404 full true The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, February 20, 2026 The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, February 20, 2026 Rihanna

Trevor Noah

Sally Rooney

"Lunar Shift" by Edwin Torres

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Trevor Noah

Sally Rooney

"Lunar Shift" by Edwin Torres

]]> The Writer's Allman Brother Buzzsprout-18716087 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500 325 full true The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, February 13, 2026 The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, February 13, 2026 Henry Rollins
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
Michael Franco
"Ever Read a Book Called AWE?" by Dorothea Lasky

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Faiz Ahmad Faiz
Michael Franco
"Ever Read a Book Called AWE?" by Dorothea Lasky

]]> The Writer's Allman Brother Buzzsprout-18673966 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 02:00:00 -0500 305 full false The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, February 6, 2026 The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, February 6, 2026 Bob Marley 

Tom Brokaw

Michael Pollan

"I-35W North // Downtown Exits" by Danez Smith

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Tom Brokaw

Michael Pollan

"I-35W North // Downtown Exits" by Danez Smith

]]> The Writer's Allman Brother Buzzsprout-18634025 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500 311 full true The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, January 30, 2026 The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, January 30, 2026 Richard Brautigan

Shirley Hazzard

Jack Spicer

"A Poem to the Reader of the Poem" by Jack Spicer

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Shirley Hazzard

Jack Spicer

"A Poem to the Reader of the Poem" by Jack Spicer

]]> The Writer's Allman Brother Buzzsprout-18594135 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:00:00 -0500 475 full true The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, January 23, 2026 The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, January 23, 2026 Louis Zukofsky

Derek Walcott

"Names for the Sun" by Caroline Knox

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Derek Walcott

"Names for the Sun" by Caroline Knox

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William Kennedy

Matt Starr

"Some Instances" by Charles Baxter

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William Kennedy

Matt Starr

"Some Instances" by Charles Baxter

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Judith Krantz

Herbert Hunke

"Man with Shotgun and Alien" by Sylvia Jones

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Judith Krantz

Herbert Hunke

"Man with Shotgun and Alien" by Sylvia Jones

]]> The Writer's Allman Brother Buzzsprout-18477209 Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500 325 6 full true The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, January 2, 2026 The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, January 2, 2026 Isaac Asimov

Christopher Durang

"I Haven't" by David Shapiro

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Christopher Durang

"I Haven't" by David Shapiro

]]> The Writer's Allman Brother Buzzsprout-18428611 Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500 288 full false The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, December 26, 2025 The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, December 26, 2025 Henry Miller

Mao Zedong

David Sedaris

"Song of the Broken Giraffe" by Bob Kaufman

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Mao Zedong

David Sedaris

"Song of the Broken Giraffe" by Bob Kaufman

]]> The Writer's Allman Brother Buzzsprout-18414350 Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500 386 4 full true The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, December 19, 2025 The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, December 19, 2025 Jean Genet

William Marx

"His Body in Mine" by Charles Shively 

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William Marx

"His Body in Mine" by Charles Shively 

]]> The Writer's Allman Brother Buzzsprout-18382025 Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500 290 1 3 full false The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, December 12, 2025 The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, December 12, 2025 Gustave Flaubert

Anna Seward

Drew Gardner

"Skylab Wolverine Bunny Cage Nub" by Drew Gardner 

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Anna Seward

Drew Gardner

"Skylab Wolverine Bunny Cage Nub" by Drew Gardner 

]]> The Writer's Allman Brother Buzzsprout-18313844 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500 302 full false The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, December 5, 2025 The Writer's Allman Brother for Friday, December 5, 2025 Calvin Trillin

Joan Didion

Sharon Mesmer

"I Am Cocked Up From Overpower" by Sharon Mesmer

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Joan Didion

Sharon Mesmer

"I Am Cocked Up From Overpower" by Sharon Mesmer

]]> Either Duane or Gregg, it's hard to tell Buzzsprout-18300443 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500 292 full false