The Writer's Almanac - Tuesday, July 24, 2018




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Summary: It's the birthday of writer and socialite Zelda Fitzgerald, born Zelda Sayre in Montgomery, Alabama. She was named after the fictional gypsy heroine in Zelda's Fortune (1874), one of her mother's favorite books. Zelda Fitzgerald said, "I don't want to live — I want to love first, and live incidentally."