Story of Writing October 9, 2026

<p>Roger Williams is banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony, France abolishes the death penalty, &quot;The Phantom of the Opera&quot; opens in London, the Taliban tries to assassinate Malala Yousafzai, and John Lennon was born on this day - with a reading from Edith Wharton&#39;s &quot;The Age of Innocence.&quot;</p>