Quote of the day
It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy's mind from effort.
Joan Smith
Born: August 27, 1953 (age 73)
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)








