February 01, 2008

Reader’s Almanac: 2/1

Born today: Charles Nordhoff, aviator, author, London, 1887; Harry Scherman, founder, Book of the Month Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1887; Stephen Potter, humorist, critic, London, 1900; Langston Hughes, novelist, poet, playwright, memoirist, Joplin, Mo., 1902; S(idney) J(oseph) Perelman, satirist, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1904; Muriel Spark, playwright, essayist, biographer, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1918; Galway Kinnell, poet, Providence, R.I., 1927; Reynolds Price, novelist, essayist, poet, Macon, N.C., 1933.

Died: Mary Wollstonecroft Shelley, novelist, biographer, translator, Bournemouth, England, 1851; George Cruikshank, illustrator, London, 1878; Edmond Hamilton, sci-fi author, Lancaster, Calif., 1977; Herb Caen, columnist, San Francisco, 1997.

Quote: You better love your work and the doing. Because what comes after, there's no guarantees. Sometimes, you get the frosting on the cake. Sometime, you don't. But if you love the doing and you believe in what you do, it's OK. — David Lynch

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