Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Allen Grossman

Born: January 7, 1932
Died: June 27, 2014 (aged 82)
Bio: Allen Grossman was a noted American poet, critic and professor.
Known for:
- Descartes' loneliness (2007)
- The long schoolroom (1997)
- How to do things with tears (2001)
- The ether dome and other poems (1991)