#AuthorFail is a new column at BigOther. For the details on how to submit, check here. The column looks for instances that bury achievement and redemption and genius and artistic growth and special-ness beneath the crushing failure that often constitutes the material experience of art making and so runs counter to the individual myth(s) which [...]
Archive for June, 2011
A Review of Sir Thomas Browne’s Urne Buriall, or a Discourse of the Sepulchral Urns Lately Found in Norfolk
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Big Other, George Saintsbury, John Madera, New Directions, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne Burial, Urne Burial or a Discourse of the Sepulchral Urns Lately Found in Norfolk, Urne Buriall or a Discourse of the Sepulchral Urns Lately Found in Norfolk, Virginia Woolf on June 6, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Ostensibly a history of the ways humanity has, across history, housed the mortal remains of its dearly, or otherwise, departed, Sir Thomas Browne’s Urne Buriall is a lyrical, voluptuous, and evocative meditation on mortality, fate, and fleeting fame.
Hard to Say from Pank, available now
Posted in Uncategorized on June 3, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Ethel Rohan’s latest book Hard to Say is now available from the fine folks at Pank. These little books are always awesome, & I’m sure you all know Rohan’s work, but if you don’t, how about this for a vouch: “Hard to say, but Ethel Rohan does in tremendous words that hold up a mirror [...]
My First Novel, Giant Slugs, Is Now Available (Ordering Information Updated)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged A D Jameson, A Defense of Poetry, Action Yes, Amazing Adult Fantasy, elimae, Epic of Gilgamesh, Gabriel Gudding, Giant Slugs, Gilgamesh, Lawrence and Gibson, Michael Kelly, Rhode Island Notebook, Richard Meros, Shane Fairhall, Stephanie Nadeau, The Collagist, Ulrich Haarbürste, Ulrich Haarbürste's Novel of Roy Orbison in Cling-film on June 2, 2011 | 18 Comments »
#AuthorFail: Call for Submissions for BigOther feature
Posted in Uncategorized on June 1, 2011 | 12 Comments »
Big Other will soon launch a new feature for this site: #AuthorFail. This post is an invitation for you to participate. #AuthorFail will explore the specifics of failure in writing (or other art making), rather than the other types of failures we might experience (as partners, friends, employees, etc). If you would like to participate, [...]
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