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.
Josephine Jacobsen

Born: August 19, 1908
Died: July 9, 2003 (aged 94)
Bio: Josephine Jacobsen was an American poet, short story writer, and critic. She was appointed the twenty-first Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1971.
Known for:
- In the Crevice of Time (1995)
- Contents of a minute
- The sisters (1987)
- On the Island (1989)