The Writer's Almanac from Friday, April 5, 2013 "Primavera" by Louise Glück, from Poems: 1962-2012. © Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012. ORIGINAL TEXT AND AUDIO - 2013 Today is the birthday of Thomas Hobbes, born in Westport, Wiltshire, England (1588) who witnessed a chaotic time in English politics, with two civil wars and the execution of the king. He wrote his most famous book,
"so he never had to work for a living, and it also gave him the freedom to be outrageous." I think there's a few Swinburnes in my neighborhood : )
"so he never had to work for a living, and it also gave him the freedom to be outrageous." I think there's a few Swinburnes in my neighborhood : )