The Writer's Almanac - Sunday, October 3, 2021

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"Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use." --Emily Post, born Emily Price on this day in Baltimore, 1873.

[diannhall]

Thank you. Loved the poem. Gore Vidal, Thomas Wolfe, etc. And the 50 percent. Thank you, again.

[trishbirchard]

Thank you !I don't know how necessary irony is but it certainly exists!

[bikeme]

Thanks for today's Writer's Almanac with Gore Vidal, Thomas Wolfe, Lindsey Kelk, Emily Post & Harvey Kurtzman

[rabarbosa]

Thank you for today’s edition of “The Writer’s Almanac.”

[revk-squared]

That poem! Excellent. Thank you, again.

[moffibr]

Thank you for this edition of "The Writer's Almanac. "

[frenchie]

Mmm irony, so beautifully expressed, thanks Mr G.

[loolylooly]

Greetings and Love from London at 9:37am.
Kind regards
British Iraqi girl

[eldigitom]

Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley, not good dinner companions, hide the forks and butter knives.