Quote of the day
No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.
John R. Rickford
Born: September 16, 1949 (age 74)
Bio: John Russell Rickford is a Guyanese academic and author. His book Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English, which he wrote together with his son, Russell J. Rickford, won the American Book Award in 2000. Rickford is the J.E.
Known for:
- Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English (2000)
- Variation in a Creole continuum (1987)