Quote of the day
The adoption by Jefferson and the Republicans of the political structure of their opponents is of an importance hardly inferior to that of the adoption of the Constitution by the states.
Jenny Diski

Born: July 8, 1947
Died: April 28, 2016 (aged 68)
Bio: Jenny Diski was an English writer. Diski had a troubled childhood, but was rescued by the older novelist Doris Lessing; she lived in Lessing's house for four years. Diski was educated at University College London, and worked as a teacher during the 1970s and early 1980s.
Known for:
- Skating to Antarctica (1997)
- Nothing Natural (1986)
- Stranger on a Train (2002)
- Apology For The Woman Writing (2008)
- On Trying to Keep Still (2006)






