Tuesday, March 1, 2022

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to February 29. One line is set aside for this year, the same line for every reader.

February 29 stays in the book in common years. The lived calendar skips it. This page does not.

If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.
Shirley ChisholmA line she used with audiences throughout her career · c. 1970s

In 2023 this day opens on Walt Whitman.

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

February 29 · Quotationary