Quote of the day
Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive.
Rosario Ferré

Born: September 28, 1938
Died: February 18, 2016 (aged 77)
Bio: Rosario Ferré Ramírez de Arellano was a Puerto Rican writer, poet, and essayist. Her father, Luis A. Ferré, was the third elected Governor of Puerto Rico and the founding father of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico.
Known for:
- The house on the lagoon (1995)
- Papeles De Pandora (1976)
- Sweet diamond dust (1988)
- The youngest doll (1991)
- Eccentric Neighborhoods (1998)






