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 Smith
Born: August 27, 1953 (age 71)
Bio: Joan Alison Smith is an English journalist, novelist, and human rights activist, who is a former chair of the Writers in Prison committee in the English section of International PEN and was the Executive Director Hacked Off.
Known for:
- Misogynies (1989)
- A Masculine Ending (1987)
- Clouds of Deceit (1985)
- Why aren't they screaming? (1988)
- The Folk Doll of Sion (1973)