The Dead Writers Round-Up: 14th-18th January

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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.”

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