Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
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)