Quote of the day
I went on all over the States, ranting poems to enthusiastic audiences that, the week before, had been equally enthusiastic about lectures on Railway Development or the Modern Turkish Essay.
Ruth Whitman

Born: 1922
Died: 1999 (aged 77)
Bio: Ruth Whitman was an American poet, translator, and professor. Her eighth and last book is Hatshepshut, Speak to me, and her most well-known and well-regarded is Tamsen Donner: A Woman’s Journey.
Known for:
- Tamsen Donner (1977)
- Hatshepsut, speak to me (1992)
- The testing of Hanna Senesh (1986)
- Becoming a Poet: Source, Process, Practice (1982)






