The Writer's Almanac from Wednesday, February 7, 2001 Poem: from "Endymion," by John Keats. ORIGINAL TEXT - 2001 ORIGINAL AUDIO - 2001 It's the birthday of writer Sinclair Lewis, born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota (1885), the son of a country doctor. He made his name with
Had this been contemporary, surely the bit on Sinclair Lewis would have mentioned his novel from the ‘30’s, “It Can’t Happen Here.” It’s a shatteringly-plausible take on what would happen if an evangelical and a fascist ran America from the White House.
Had this been contemporary, surely the bit on Sinclair Lewis would have mentioned his novel from the ‘30’s, “It Can’t Happen Here.” It’s a shatteringly-plausible take on what would happen if an evangelical and a fascist ran America from the White House.