The Writer's Almanac

Today's Poem and Literary Notes

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  Tuesday's Poem: "What the Dark-Eyed Angel Knows" by Eleanor Lerman, from The Mystery of Meteors. Tuesday's Literary Notes: It's the birthday of the publisher and editor of The Little Review magazine, Margaret Anderson, born in Indianapolis (1886), who never fit in when she was growing up in the small town of Columbus, Indiana. She said, "I saw no reason why I should continue to live in Columbus, Indiana, and not breathe." So she moved to Chicago and founded a magazine called The Little Review, which she described as "A Magazine of the Arts, Making No Compromise with the Public Taste."