Quote of the day
My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted fundamentally in my Quaker upbringing and the values that were instilled in me by my grandparents who reared me.
Glenway Wescott

Born: April 11, 1901
Died: February 22, 1987 (aged 85)
Bio: Glenway Wescott was an American poet, novelist and essayist. A figure of the American expatriate literary community in Paris during the 1920s Wescott was openly gay. His relationship with longtime companion Monroe Wheeler lasted from 1919 until Wescott's death.
Known for:
- The Pilgrim Hawk: A Love Story (1940)
- Apartment in Athens (1945)
- The Grandmothers (1927)
- Good-bye, Wisconsin (1928)
- A Visit to Priapus and Other Stories






