Quote of the day
The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilized men.
Dean Young
Born: July 18, 1955
Died: August 23, 2022 (aged 67)
Bio: Dean Young was a contemporary American poet in the poetic lineage of John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, and Kenneth Koch.
Known for:
- Fall Higher (2011)
- Elegy on Toy Piano (2005)
- Bender: New and Selected Poems (2012)
- Embryoyo (2007)