Quote of the day
What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
Cheryl Clarke

Born: May 16, 1947 (age 77)
Bio: Cheryl L. Clarke is a lesbian poet, essayist, educator and a Black feminist community activist: she lives in Jersey City, New Jersey, and Hobart, New York. With her life partner, Barbara Balliet, she is co-owner of Bleinheim Hill Books, a used and rare bookstore in Hobart.
Known for:
- Living as a lesbian (1986)
- Humid Pitch: Narrative Poetry (1989)
- Experimental Love: Poetry (1993)
- After Mecca (2005)