Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Joseph Alsop
Born: October 11, 1910
Died: August 28, 1989 (aged 78)
Bio: Joseph Wright Alsop V was an American journalist and syndicated newspaper columnist from the 1930s through the 1970s.
Known for:
- The Rare Art Traditions (1982)
- I've seen the best of it
- FDR, 1882-1945: a Centenary Remembrance (1982)
- The 168 days (1973)
- From the silent earth (1964)