Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Robert Hayden
Born: August 4, 1913
Died: February 25, 1980 (aged 66)
Bio: Robert Hayden was an American poet, essayist, educator. He served as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1976 78, a role today known as US Poet Laureate. He was the first African-American writer to hold the office.
Known for:
- Angle of ascent (1975)
- Collected Poems
- Words in the mourning time (1970)