Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
Weldon Kees
Born: February 24, 1914
Died: July 18, 1955 (aged 41)
Bio: Harry Weldon Kees was an American poet, painter, literary critic, novelist, playwright, jazz pianist, short story writer, and filmmaker.
Known for:
- The collected poems of Weldon Kees
- Selected short stories of Weldon Kees
- Weldon Kees and the Midcentury Generation
- Fall Quarter