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
Claudia Rankine
Born: 1963 (age 61)
Bio: Claudia Rankine is a poet, essayist, playwright and the editor of several anthologies. She is the author of five volumes of poetry, two plays and various essays.
Known for:
- Citizen: An American Lyric (2014)
- Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric (2004)
- Nothing in Nature is Private (1994)
- The end of the alphabet (1998)