Quote of the day
The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the nag named Self-interest always runs a good race.
Jack Zipes

Born: July 7, 1937 (age 88)
Bio: Jack David Zipes is an American retired Professor of German at the University of Minnesota, who has published and lectured on the subject of fairy tales, their evolution, and their social and political role in civilizing processes.
Known for:
- Breaking the magic spell (1979)
- The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales (2000)
- Fairy Tale as Myth/Myth as Fairy Tale (1983)