Sunday, August 23, 1896

From the shelf

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

I, too, sing America.
Langston HughesI, Too · 1926

In 1897 this day opens on John Donne.

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

August 23 · Quotationary