Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Cherríe Moraga
Born: September 25, 1952 (age 72)
Bio: Cherríe Lawrence Moraga is a Chicana writer, feminist activist, poet, essayist, and playwright. She is part of the faculty at Stanford University in the Department of Drama and Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity.
Known for:
- This Bridge Called My Back (1981)
- The Hungry Woman (1995)
- Loving in the war years (1983)
- Heroes and Saints and Other Plays (1994)
- The Last Generation: Prose and Poetry (1993)