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EPISODE · Jul 5, 2026 · 4 MIN

Story of Writing July 5, 2026

from The Story of Writing · host Jon Brown

Isaac Newton publishes his masterwork: "Principia," Frederick Douglass gives his enduring speech "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" The bikini makes a splash when it's introduced at a swimming pool in Paris and it is Bill Watterson's birthday - with a reading from William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

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