Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
John Hollander
![John Hollander](/img/nopic_profile.png)
Born: October 28, 1929
Died: August 17, 2013 (aged 83)
Bio: John Hollander was an American poet and literary critic. At the time of his death, he was Sterling Professor Emeritus of English at Yale University, having previously taught at Connecticut College, Hunter College, and the Graduate Center, CUNY.
Known for:
- Rhyme's reason (1981)
- The Work of Poetry (1997)
- A crackling of thorns (1958)
- Reflections on espionage (1976)
- A Draft of Light (2008)