- John Dos Passos was born on 1/14/1896. “A man’s got to work for more than himself and his kids to feel right.”
- Lewis Carroll died on 1/14/1898. “I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then.” (‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’)
- Tillie Olsen was born on 1/14/1912. “Women have the right to say: this is surface, this falsifies reality, this degrades.”
- Anaïs Nin died on 1/14/1977. “Good things happen to those who hustle.”
- Jean-Baptiste Moliere was born on 1/15/1622. “A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.”
- Earl Wilson died on 1/16/1987. “If you wouldn’t write it and sign it, don’t say it.”
- Anne Brontë was born on 1/17/1820. Anne was the last-born of the Brontë brood and the author of 2 novels (‘Agnes Grey‘ and ‘The Tenant of Wildfell Hall‘).
- Betty Smith died on 1/17/1972. “Look at everything as though you were seeing it for the first time or the last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.”
- Gregory Corso died on 1/17/2001. “The most important of the beat poets…a really true poet with an original voice.”-Nancy Peters.
- A.A. Milne was born on 1/18/1882. The A.A. stood for Alan Alexander.
- Rudyard Kipling died on 1/18/1936. “Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.”
The Dead Writers Round-Up: 14th-18th January
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