Quote of the day
Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.
Luís Alberto Urrea
Born: 1955 (age 70)
Bio: Luis Alberto Urrea is a Mexican American poet, novelist, and essayist.
Known for:
- The Devil's Highway: A True Story (2004)
- The Hummingbird's Daughter (2005)
- Into the Beautiful North (2009)
- Nobody's Son: Notes from an American Life (2002)
- The Water Museum: Stories (2015)







