Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Hayden Carruth

Born: August 3, 1921
Died: September 29, 2008 (aged 87)
Bio: Hayden Carruth was an American poet and literary critic. He taught at Syracuse University.
Known for:
- Scrambled Eggs & Whiskey (1996)
- Collected shorter poems, 1946-1991 (1992)
- Toward the distant islands (2006)
- From snow and rock, from chaos (1973)