Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Phyllis Rose

Born: October 26, 1942 (age 82)
Bio: Phyllis Rose is an American literary critic, essayist, biographer, and educator.
Known for:
- Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages (1983)
- Jazz Cleopatra: Josephine Baker in Her Time (1989)
- Babar's Lost and Found (2013)
- Babar and the New Baby (2013)