Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Reginald Shepherd

Born: April 10, 1963
Died: September 10, 2008 (aged 45)
Bio: Reginald Shepherd was an American poet, born in New York City and raised in the Bronx. He died of cancer in Pensacola, Florida, in 2008.
Known for:
- Orpheus in the Bronx (2007)
- Otherhood (2003)
- Some are drowning (1994)
- Angel, Interrupted (1996)
- Fata Morgana: Poems (2007)