Quote of the day
Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.
James Tate
Born: December 8, 1943
Died: July 8, 2015 (aged 71)
Bio: James Vincent Tate was an American poet whose work earned him the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He was a professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Known for:
- Dreams of a robot dancing bee (2002)
- A Worshipful Company of Fletchers (1994)
- Return to the city of white donkeys (2004)
- Shroud of the gnome (1997)
- Distance from loved ones (1990)








