Quote of the day
Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered in the impotence of an overheated apartment becomes the fate of nations.
Marilyn Nelson
Born: April 26, 1946 (age 80)
Bio: Marilyn Nelson is an American poet, translator and children's book author. She is the author or translator of twelve books and three chapbooks. From 1978 to 1994 she wrote books as Marilyn Nelson Waniek.
Known for:
- Carver: A Life in Poems (1997)
- A Wreath for Emmett Till (2005)
- How I Discovered Poetry (2014)
- Fortune's bones (2004)







