Quote of the day
The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.
Dinaw Mengestu
Born: June 30, 1978 (age 45)
Bio: Dinaw Mengestu is an Ethiopian-American novelist and writer. In addition to three novels, he has written for Rolling Stone on the war in Darfur, and for Jane Magazine on the conflict in northern Uganda.
Known for:
- All Our Names (2014)
- The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears (2007)
- How to Read the Air (2010)
- Children of the Revolution (2007)