Quote of the day
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Padgett Powell
Born: April 25, 1952 (age 72)
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)