Quote of the day
No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
Lyn Hejinian
Born: May 17, 1941
Died: February 24, 2024 (aged 82)
Bio: Lyn Hejinian was an American poet, essayist, translator and publisher. She was often associated with the Language poets and was well known for her landmark work My Life, as well as her book of essays, The Language of Inquiry.
Known for:
- The language of inquiry (2000)
- The Book of a Thousand Eyes (2012)
- The fatalist (2003)
- My life (1980)
- Writing Is an Aid to Memory (1978)