Quote of the day
The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.
Stanley Crouch

Born: December 14, 1945
Died: September 16, 2020 (aged 74)
Bio: Stanley Lawrence Crouch was an American poet, music and cultural critic, syndicated columnist, novelist and biographer, perhaps best known for his jazz criticism and his 2004 novel Don't the Moon Look Lonesome?
Known for:
- Kansas City Lightning (2007)
- Considering Genius (2006)
- The artificial white man (2004)
- Don't the Moon Look Lonesome (2000)