Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Frank Lentricchia

Born: 1940 (age 85)
Bio: Frank Lentricchia is an American literary critic, novelist, and film teacher. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. from Duke University in 1966 and 1963 respectively after receiving a B.A. from Utica College in 1962.
Known for:
- After the new criticism (1980)
- Modernist quartet (1994)
- Crimes of art + terror (2003)
- The Morelli Thing (2015)