From the Archives: An Oblation, by Tobias Carroll

October 31, 2023

Happy birthday, Tobias Carroll! Celebrate by reading this Carroll fiction...

Announcing the Deadline and Guidelines for the 2023 Big Other Book Awards!

September 25, 2023

  We are excited to announce the deadline and guidelines...

Rainer Maria Rilke on Art, Writing, Language, and More

December 4, 2023

  Happy birthday, Rainer Maria Rilke! Here are some quotes from the writer:   "Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going....

Don DeLillo on Writing, Language, Life, Death, and More

November 20, 2023

  Happy birthday, Don DeLillo, maestro of maestros! 87, today! Meeting and speaking (three times!) with Don DeLillo at International Fiction Now: Celebrating the Unspeakable...

A Vital, Empathetic Act of Witness: On Emily Jungmin Yoon’s Ordinary Misfortunes

November 9, 2023

By Melanie Hyo-In Han   Scrolling through an online list of Korean poets some time ago, I learned about Emily Jungmin Yoon’s Ordinary Misfortunes. The...