Monday, August 21, 2000

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to August 21. One line is set aside for this year, the same line for every reader.

It is not down on any map; true places never are.
Herman MelvilleMoby-Dick · 1851

In 2001 this day opens on Ernest Hemingway.

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

August 21 · Quotationary