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The Writer's Archive for Thursday, January 8th, 2026

The Writer's Archive for Thursday, January 8th, 2026

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  • Today's Feature: The 202nd birthday of Wilkie Collins, the 159th birthday of Emily Greene Balch, and the 1981 origins of Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits.

  • Deep Dive:

    • The Laudanum Mystery: How Wilkie Collins invented the detective novel while battling opium-induced ghosts and Victorian morality.

    • The Scholar of Peace: Emily Greene Balch’s journey from a "fired" professor to a Nobel Peace Prize winner through her research on "global citizenship."

    • Allende’s Letter: The story of how a farewell letter to a grandfather in Chile became a masterpiece of magical realism.

  • Poem/Excerpt: The opening to "The Woman in White" by Wilkie Collins (Public Domain).

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