Quote of the day
Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.
Sam Hamill
Born: September 5, 1943
Died: April 14, 2018 (aged 74)
Bio: Sam Hamill was an American poet and the co-founder of Copper Canyon Press along with Bill O’Daly and Tree Swenson. He is also the initiator of the Poets Against War movement, which he set up in response to the Iraq War.
Known for:
- The Erotic Spirit (1995)
- Habitation: Collected Poems (2014)
- Love Poems from the Japanese
- Avocations, On Poets and Poetry (2007)