Quote of the day
Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.
Juan Felipe Herrera
Born: December 27, 1948 (age 76)
Bio: Juan Felipe Herrera is a poet, performer, writer, cartoonist, teacher, and activist. Herrera has been the United States Poet Laureate since 2015.
Known for:
- Half of the World in Light (2008)
- Notes on the Assemblage (2015)
- Calling the Doves (1995)
- Senegal Taxi (2013)
- Border-crosser with a Lamborghini dream (1999)