Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Cid Corman
Born: June 29, 1924
Died: March 12, 2004 (aged 79)
Bio: Cid Corman was an American poet, translator and editor, most notably of Origin, who was a key figure in the history of American poetry in the second half of the 20th century.
Known for:
- Sun Rock Man (1962)
- Nothing doing (1999)
- Aegis, Selected Poems 1970-1980 (1983)
- At Their Word (1977)
- And the word (1987)