Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Tillie Olsen

Born: January 14, 1912
Died: January 1, 2007 (aged 94)
Bio: Tillie Lerner Olsen was an American writer associated with the political turmoil of the 1930s and the first generation of American feminists.
Known for:
- Yonnondio: From the Thirties (1974)
- Silences (1978)
- The Riddle of Life And Death
- Mothers & daughters (1987)