Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Sterling D. Plumpp

Born: January 30, 1940 (age 85)
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)