Saturday, July 29, 1967

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to July 29. 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 1968 this day opens on Emily Dickinson.

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

July 29 · Quotationary