Garrison Keillor: This day in 1492, 1917, and more. . .

It is always a pleasure to have a poem selected by Garrison Keillor for his Writer's Almanac. He posted my poem "Radio" today -- perfectly timed, as Tuesday was the official pub date -- and filled in the historical context. Did you know that on this day the Bolshevik revolution began? But because "the Russians were still using the old Julian calendar. . . .the revolt [was said to take] place on October 25th — and so it was called the October Revolution." I happened to be in Moscow on October 25, 2007, which by one calculation was the eightieth anniversary of the revolution. I attended a lot of literary events that week, and not one person spoke of the significance of the date. The only mention of Lenin came from a tour guide at the Kremlin. -- DL