Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Abdourahman Waberi
Born: July 20, 1965 (age 59)
Bio: Abdourahman A. Waberi is novelist, essayist, poet, academic and short-story writer.
Known for:
- Passage of Tears (2011)
- In the United States of Africa (2009)
- Land Without Shadows (Caraf Books) (2005)
- Transit: A Novel (2012)