Poet, critic, novelist, essayist.
Born May 6th, 1914 in Nashville. [ref]
Died October 14th, 1965 at 51 years old in Chapel Hill (struck by vehicle). [ref]
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde