Tuesday, January 23, 1996

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to January 23. One line is set aside for this year, the same line for every reader.

Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus’ son Achilles, and its devastation.
HomerThe Iliad · Book I, opening · 8th century BCE

In 1997 this day opens on Emily Dickinson.

Arrow keys turn the day. S keeps the line. Slash focuses search.

January 23 · Quotationary