Quote of the day
It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
Dionne Brand

Born: January 7, 1953 (age 72)
Bio: Dionne Brand is a Canadian poet, novelist, essayist and documentarian. She was Toronto's third Poet Laureate from September 2009 to November 2012.
Known for:
- What we all long for (2005)
- A map to the door of no return (2001)
- Land to Light On (1997)
- In Another Place, Not Here (1996)
- At the full and change of the moon (1999)