Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Carol Ann Duffy
Born: December 23, 1955 (age 68)
Bio: Dame Carol Ann Duffy is a Scottish poet and playwright. She is Professor of Contemporary Poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University, and was appointed Britain's Poet Laureate in May 2009.
Known for:
- The World's Wife (1999)
- Feminine gospels (2002)
- Standing female nude (1985)
- Rapture (2005)
- Selling Manhattan (1987)
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