Friday, September 13, 1782

From the shelf

Nothing in the canon is tethered to September 13. One line is set aside for this year, the same line for every reader.

I do not weep at the world — I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
Zora Neale HurstonHow It Feels to Be Colored Me · 1928

In 1783 this day opens on Frederick Douglass.

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

September 13 · Quotationary