Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Lorna Dee Cervantes
Born: August 6, 1954 (age 70)
Bio: Lorna Dee Cervantes is an award-winning Chicana, of Mexican and Native American, ancestry. She is a feminist, activist poet who is considered one of the major Chicana poets of the past 40 years.
Known for:
- Emplumada (1981)
- Drive: The First Quartet (2005)
- From the cables of genocide (1991)
- Ciento: 100 100-Word Love Poems (2011)
- Sueno (2013)