Monday, May 28, 2018

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to May 28. 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 2019 this day opens on Emily Dickinson.

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

May 28 · Quotationary