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.
Vance Bourjaily

Born: September 17, 1922
Died: August 31, 2010 (aged 87)
Bio: Vance Nye Bourjaily was an American novelist, playwright, journalist, creative writing teacher, and essayist.
Known for:
- The end of my life (1947)
- Confessions of a spent youth (1960)
- Brill among the ruins (1970)
- The Violated: A Novel (1958)
- The great fake book (1986)






