The Writer's Almanac from Friday, February 2, 2007 "The Past Is Still There" by Deborah Garrison, from The Second Child. © Random House. ORIGINAL TEXT - 2007 ORIGINAL AUDIO - 2007 It is the birthday of novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand, born Alissa Rosenbaum in St. Petersburg, Russia (1905). In 1917, she witnessed the first shots of the Russian Revolution from her balcony. A communist gang took over her father's shop, and her family was immediately reduced to poverty. After college, Rand worked as a guide in a historical museum, but when she got a visa to visit relatives in Chicago, she vowed never to return to Russia.
The Writer's Almanac from Friday, February 2, 2007
The Writer's Almanac from Friday, February 2…
The Writer's Almanac from Friday, February 2, 2007
The Writer's Almanac from Friday, February 2, 2007 "The Past Is Still There" by Deborah Garrison, from The Second Child. © Random House. ORIGINAL TEXT - 2007 ORIGINAL AUDIO - 2007 It is the birthday of novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand, born Alissa Rosenbaum in St. Petersburg, Russia (1905). In 1917, she witnessed the first shots of the Russian Revolution from her balcony. A communist gang took over her father's shop, and her family was immediately reduced to poverty. After college, Rand worked as a guide in a historical museum, but when she got a visa to visit relatives in Chicago, she vowed never to return to Russia.