Quote of the day
Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.
Carl Sandburg
Born: January 6, 1878
Died: July 22, 1967 (aged 89)
Bio: Carl Sandburg was an American poet, writer, and editor who won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln.
Known for:
- The American Songbag (1927)
- The People, Yes (1936)
- Rootabaga Stories (1922)
- Remembrance Rock (1948)
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