Story of Writing August 7, 2026

from The Story of Writing · host Jon Brown

Frances Kelsey is given the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for refusing to authorize the use of the pharmaceutical thalidomide in the U.S. The U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and the birthday club includes Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Ralph Bunche, and Anne Fadiman - with a reading from her book "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down."

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