Quote of the day
It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot.
Maxwell Bodenheim
Born: May 26, 1892
Died: February 6, 1954 (aged 61)
Bio: Maxwell Bodenheim was an American poet and novelist. A literary figure in Chicago, he later went to New York where he became known as the King of Greenwich Village Bohemians. His writing brought him international notoriety during the Jazz Age of the 1920s.
Known for:
- My life and loves in Greenwich Village (1954)
- Introducing irony (1922)
- Cutie: A Warm Mamma (1924)







