Quote of the day
My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted fundamentally in my Quaker upbringing and the values that were instilled in me by my grandparents who reared me.
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







