Quote of the day
I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
Louis Menand
Born: January 21, 1952 (age 72)
Bio: Louis Menand is an American critic and essayist, best known for his book The Metaphysical Club, an intellectual and cultural history of late 19th and early 20th century America.
Known for:
- American studies (2002)
- Discovering Modernism (1987)
- El Club de Los Metafisicos (2002)