Story of Writing May 20, 2026

from The Story of Writing · host Jon Brown

William Shakespeare's sonnets are published for the first time, Levi Strauss gets the patent for denim jeans with rivets, and the birthday club includes Honore de Balzac and John Stuart Mill - with a reading of Shakespeare's "Sonnet #17."

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