Quote of the day
What a singularly deep impression her injustice seems to have made on your heart... Would you not be happier if you tried to forget her severity, together with the passionate emotions it excited? Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.
Paulette Jiles

Born: April 4, 1943
Died: July 8, 2025 (aged 82)
Bio: Paulette Jiles-Johnson was an American-born Canadian poet and novelist. Born in Salem, Missouri, she was educated at the University of Illinois in Spanish literature. Jiles moved to Canada in 1969. She was married to Jim Johnson and had three stepchildren and six grandchildren.
Known for:
- Enemy Women (2002)
- Lighthouse Island: A Novel (2013)
- Stormy Weather (2007)
- North spirit (1995)






