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.
Jonathan Culler

Born: 1944 (age 81)
Bio: Jonathan Culler is a Professor of English at Cornell University; his published works are in the fields of structuralism, literary theory and criticism.
Known for:
- Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction (1997)
- The Pursuit of Signs (1981)
- Theory of the Lyric (2015)