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.
Robert Coover
Born: February 4, 1932
Died: October 5, 2024 (aged 92)
Bio: Robert Lowell Coover was an American novelist, short story writer, and professor emeritus in the Literary Arts program at Brown University. He was generally considered a writer of fabulation and metafiction.
Known for:
- The Public Burning (1977)
- The Origin of the Brunists (1966)
- Pricksongs & Descants (1969)
- The Brunist Day of Wrath (2014)