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.
Sterling D. Plumpp

Born: January 30, 1940 (age 86)
Bio: Sterling Dominic Plumpp is an American poet, educator, editor, and critic. He has written numerous books, including Hornman, Harriet Tubman, Ornate With Smoke, Half Black, Half Blacker, and The Mojo Hands Call, I Must Go.
Known for:
- Black rituals (1972)
- Ornate with smoke (1997)
- Home - Bass (2012)
- Velvet be-bop kente cloth (2003)
- Blues: Narratives (1999)






