Quote of the day
It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot.
Donald Murray

Died: December 30, 2006
Bio: Donald Morison Murray was a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and long-time teacher. He wrote for many journals, authored several books on the art of writing and teaching, and served as writing coach for several national newspapers.
Known for:
- A writer teaches writing (1968)
- The craft of revision (1991)
- Write to learn (1984)
- Crafting a life in essay, story, poem (1996)






