Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Joyce Johnson
Born: September 27, 1935 (age 89)
Bio: Joyce Johnson is an American author of fiction and nonfiction who won a National Book Critics Circle Award for her memoir Minor Characters about her relationship with Jack Kerouac.
Known for:
- Minor Characters (1983)
- Door Wide Open (2002)
- Missing men (2004)
- Come and Join the Dance: A Novel (2014)