ObservancesJune 14, 2026
Poe invented the modern detective story and helped build modern horror, and wrote the poems every American kid gets assigned. I'm living proof that school can't kill a great writer, even when it tries.
ObservancesJune 14, 2026
Get Caught Reading Month has one simple idea: let people see you read. As reading becomes a private, invisible act, a case for making it visible again, for your own sake and for the culture of reading.
ObservancesJune 14, 2026
Jules Verne imagined submarines and space travel before either existed and is the second most translated author in history. On his birthday, the father of science fiction, reimagined from the inside.
ObservancesJune 14, 2026
Movie Theatre Day is April 23. The honest case for the movie theater, why streaming is killing it, and what still makes the big screen worth the ticket.
ObservancesJune 14, 2026
National Popcorn Day is January 19. The history of movie popcorn, why it is tied to film forever, and the revival theater that made it special.
ObservancesJune 14, 2026
National Film Day is March 30. Why film matters as an art form, what separates great movies from product, and what writers can learn from the best films.
ObservancesJune 14, 2026
National Cinema Day is a Saturday in late August with a few-dollar tickets nationwide. What the day is, why theaters created it, and how to make the most of it.
ObservancesJune 14, 2026
National Short Film Day is December 21. Why short films matter, what the form teaches about compression, and why writers should study storytelling in miniature.
ObservancesJune 14, 2026
New Year's Day is January 1. A writer's take on the fresh start, why resolutions usually fail, and how to actually use the blank page a new year offers.
ObservancesJune 14, 2026
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the third Monday in January. The man behind the holiday was a writer first, and his words are why we still listen.
ObservancesJune 14, 2026
Presidents' Day is the third Monday in February. The presidents we remember could write, and the words outlasted the terms. Why it still matters.
ObservancesJune 14, 2026
Labor Day is the first Monday in September. An honest take on the holiday and the writing angle in it: writing is real labor, most of it invisible.
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