Add to FavoritesAug. 2American essayist, novelist, poet, and playwright James Baldwin is born on this day 98 years ago. Aug. 8In honor of “Sneak Some Zucchini Into Your Neighbor’s Porch Day” – which, yes, is apparently really a thing – write a cozy mystery story featuring summer’s most prolific vegetable. Aug. 9It’s National Book Lovers Day! Leave an online review of one of your favorite recent reads to celebrate. Aug. 14Happy 75th birthday to novelist Danielle Steel, the fourth-bestselling fiction author of all time.