Quote of the day
Digital time does not flow; it flicks. Like any binary, discrete decision, it is either here or there. In contrast to our experience of the passing of time, digital time is always in the now, or in no time. It is still. Poised.
Robert Pinsky
Born: October 20, 1940 (age 84)
Bio: Robert Pinsky is an American poet, essayist, literary critic, and translator. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress.
Known for:
- The Sounds of Poetry (1998)
- The Figured Wheel (1996)
- Jersey rain (2000)
- Singing School: Learning to Write (and Read) Poetry by Studying with the Masters (2013)
- Gulf Music (2007)