Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
Margaret Walker

Born: July 7, 1915
Died: November 30, 1998 (aged 83)
Bio: Margaret Walker was an American poet and writer. She was part of the African-American literary movement in Chicago. Her notable works include the award-winning poem For My People and the novel Jubilee, set in the South during the American Civil War.
Known for:
- Jubilee (1966)
- This is my century (1989)
- For My People (1942)
- How I Wrote Jubilee (1972)
- Richard Wright, daemonic genius (1988)