Quote of the day
Life — how curious is that habit that makes us think it is not here, but elsewhere.
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)