Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Susan Jacoby
Born: June 4, 1945 (age 79)
Bio: Susan Jacoby is an American author. Her 2008 book about American anti-intellectualism, The Age of American Unreason, was a New York Times best seller. She is an atheist and a secularist. Jacoby graduated from Michigan State University in 1965.
Known for:
- The Age of American Unreason (2008)
- Freethinkers (2004)
- Half-Jew (2000)