Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Padgett Powell

Born: April 25, 1952 (age 73)
Bio: Padgett Powell is an American novelist in the Southern literary tradition. His debut novel, Edisto, was nominated for the American Book Award and was excerpted in The New Yorker.
Known for:
- The Interrogative Mood: A Novel? (2009)
- Edisto (1984)
- Cries for Help, Various: Stories (2015)
- You & Me: A Novel (2012)
- Mrs. Hollingsworth's Men (2000)