Quote of the day
My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success.
John Burnside

Born: March 19, 1955
Died: May 29, 2024 (aged 69)
Bio: John Burnside was a Scottish writer, born in Dunfermline. He was one of only two poets to have won both the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Forward Poetry Prize for the same book.
Known for:
- A Lie About My Father (2006)
- The Dumb House (1997)
- Waking Up in Toytown (2010)
- A Summer of Drowning (2011)
- Glister (2008)