It's National Poetry Month in the USA and Canada!
	Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary, having survived an obscenity trial over the serialized edition, was published in book form on this day in 1857. It would soon become a bestseller.
	Beverly Cleary (Ramona the Pest, Newbury-winner Dear Mr. Henshaw) was born on this day in 1916
	Tom Clancy (The Hunt for Red October) was born on this day in 1947
	Scott Turow (Presumed Innocent) was born on this day in 1949
	Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire was published on this day in 1976
	Scott Cunningham was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for The Hours on this day in 1999