Quote of the day
The No. 1 cause of preventable death for young black men is not auto accidents or accidental drowning, but homicide.
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)






