Via TypeBound (Books as Sculpture from Florida Collections and Typewriter Poems from the Sackner Archive): In TypeBound, two of the…
New Big Other Contributor!
Please join me in welcoming another great writer to Big Other. Nicolle Elizabeth is a fiction writer and a bike…
What the hell’s a GRAPHIC NOVEL? I read COMICS.
Comic creator Will Eisner’s 1985 analysis of his own medium, Comics & Sequential Art, was an important step in freeing…
Sage Advice from Gary Lutz
Check out a new interview with Gary Lutz at We Are Champion. An excerpt: One piece of advice would be…
Let it Poe
Edgar Allan Poe’s first book auctioned off for $662K, or about the amount of money Stephanie Meyer just made while…
The Page 99 Test
I first learned about the page 99 test from William Gass (I’ve forgotten where) who I think got it from…
Wonder Twin Titles, Activate!
Both Ways Is The Only Way I Want It, by Maile Meloy Everything Here Is The Best Thing Ever, by…
The Rhythm Method
I usually have at least two books going: one for whenever and one for when I’m in bed. You’ve got…
Music As Children’s Lit: Weezer
Back in the day, before the boys in Weezer had become complete douches (Raditude? Really, guys?), they sang simple little…
Be Careful, Be Wary, Be Fruitful
Things like this scare me: chapbookpublisher.com / Naissance chapbooks From their guidelines, a $10 submission fee will get you: “Guaranteed…