Dec 24, 2009

Calendar of Literary Facts

February 18...

1546: Martin Luther dies

1688: Pennsylvania Quakers pass the first formal antislavery resolution in North America

1896: André Breton is born

1925: James Lane Allen dies

1926: A. R. Ammons is born

1929: Leonard Cyril Deighton is born

1931: Toni Morrison is born

1934: Audre Lorde is born

1979: Beth Henley’ drama Crimes of the Heart is first performed