It's National Poetry Month in Great Britain! | |
Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels was first published on this day in 1726. In nearly 300 years, it has never gone out of print. | |
Pat Conroy (The Prince of Tides, The Great Santini) was born on this day in 1945 | |
Andrew Motion, recent Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom (1999 - 2009), was born on this day in 1952 | |
Tony Hillerman (Sacred Clowns, Anthony Award winner The Mysterious West) died on this day in 2008 |
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