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.
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)