Maupassant: "Therefore, my dear, the kiss is our strongest weapon, but we must take care not to dull it. Do not forget that its value is only relative, purely conventional." americanliterature.com/author/guy-de-… #shortstory

First bicycle introduced in NYC today in 1819. Enjoy Twain's story when he rode a high wheeler americanliterature.com/author/mark-tw… #shortstory #cyclingphotos

Langston Hughes died today in 1967, "Thank You, M'am" is his most recognized short story americanliterature.com/author/langsto… #shortstory

Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen, died today in 1906. Read "The Doll's House" and his other works exploring the spiritual equality of the sexes americanliterature.com/author/henrik-… #playwright #henrikibsen

Queen Victoria's birthday today in 1819 americanliterature.com/author/kate-di… #queenvictoria #shortstory

Remembering & Honoring past and present casualties of war on Memorial Day americanliterature.com/author/joyce-k… #poemoftheday #joycekilmer

Walt Whitman: "Did you ever chance to hear the midnight flight of birds passing through the air and darkness overhead, in countless armies, changing their early or late summer habitat?" americanliterature.com/author/walt-wh… #birdmigration #waltwhitman #shortstory

On Pushkin's birthday, "The Queen of Spades" assets.americanliterature.com/images/story/t… #shortstories

D-Day anniversary today 1944. Winston Churchill's 1940 speech set the stage: "Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties...that if the British Empire last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'" americanliterature.com/history/winsto… #shortstory #churchill

George Orwell's "1984" published today in 1949 americanliterature.com/author/george-… #scifibooks #bigbrotheriswatchingyou

Charles Dickens, born today in 1790. Enjoy his short "The Child's Story" americanliterature.com/.../shor.../th… #dickens #shortstory

Andy Adams: "It was an early spring. The round-up was set for the 10th of June. The grass was well forward, while the cattle had changed their shaggy winter coats to glossy suits of summer silk." americanliterature.com/author/andy-ad… #shortstory

Twain: "What one experiences in a barber's shop the first time he enters one is what he always experiences in barbers' shops afterward till the end of his days." americanliterature.com/author/mark-tw… #twain #shortstory

William Cullen Bryant: "To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks / A various language" americanliterature.com/author/william… #poemoftheday

Whitcomb Riley: "TELL you what I like the best— ’Long about knee-deep in June, ’Bout the time strawberries melts On the vines—some afternoon" americanliterature.com/author/james-w… #poemoftheday

Yes, it's US Flag Day! The Second Continental Congress adopted it on June 14, 1777. The Army turns 250 today americanliterature.com/author/george-… #usflag #patrioticsongs

This Father's Day, enjoy reading Bjornson's very short story about a Father's unwavering love for his son, at all stages of life. americanliterature.com/author/bjrnstj… #shortstory #fathersdayspecial

Today is Bloomsday! Read James Joyce's "Ulysses " all in one sitting. The book follows Leopold Bloom, during an ordinary day in Dublin, on June 16, 1904. assets.americanliterature.com/images/book/ul… #Bloomsday #jamesjoyce

James Joyce: "When she came out on the doorstep my heart leaped. I ran to the hall, seized my books and followed her. I had never spoken to her, except for a few casual words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood." americanliterature.com/author/james-j… #shortstory

James Joyce: "When she came out on the doorstep my heart leaped. I ran to the hall, seized my books and followed her. I had never spoken to her, except for a few casual words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood." americanliterature.com/author/james-j… #shortstory