Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Joan Acocella
Born: April 13, 1945
Died: January 7, 2024 (aged 78)
Bio: Joan Acocella was an American journalist who was the dance and book critic for The New Yorker. She wrote several books on dance, literature, and psychology.
Known for:
- Twenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints (2007)
- Willa Cather and the Politics of Criticism (2000)
- Creating Hysteria (1999)
- Abnormal Psychology: Current Perspectives (1977)
- Mark Morris (1993)