What makes a book great, a so-called classic, it its quality of always being modern, of its author, though he be long dead, continuing to speak to each new generation.
Lawrence Clark PowellAbout author
- Author's profession: Critic
- Nationality: american
- Born: September 6, 1906
- Died: March 14, 2001
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