Villains in literature we love! For the first time in four years I now live in an apartment with cable.…
Why I Wear Makeup to Readings
I go glam for all my readings. For my first, I wore pink, gold and green eye makeup, painted my…
Thinking About Age Differences, Relationships, and Academics
It’s a subject for whispers — a dirty academic secret. The TA really is making out with the student she recognized from suicide girls. The married, “monogamous” professor who hosts get-togethers at the home his wife keeps for him and his kids is slipping his own hors d’oeurves to the obnoxious boy who won’t shut up in class.
Brevity, Part 3: Long Takes Continued (well, they’re long)
While writing my previous post, I grew aware that I wasn’t mentioning any women filmmakers. So I’d like to add…
some thoughts on context
The following series of photos – “The High Life” – is by the London-based street artist Slinkachu: Since 2006, mainly…
Big Other’s New Contributors!
Please welcome our newest contributors Rachel Swirsky and Edward Mullany. Rachel’s short fiction has appeared in a variety of venues…
“We know he’s busy, but why didn’t she clean the house?”, thoughts on challenges faced by female writers
Ann Vandermeer: There are definitely more societal expectations on women for household responsibilities, regardless of how far we may have come. I work a very demanding job outside the home, in addition to my volunteer work and editing/publishing projects. My husband works at home all day. And yet if our home isn’t kept clean and beautiful, if the yard is a mess, people tend to look askance at me, not even considering this is also Jeff’s responsibility.
Addendum to Adam’s Long Takes – Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami, the Iranian director. Here’s the beginning of Under the Olive Trees which has a striking long shot from…
Side by Side #2
This week brought news that Soundgarden is reuniting (and on the heels of the Johnny Cash mention in my last…
Brevity, Part 2: Long Takes
Some of us have been discussing long takes in movies, and John mentioned that he’d like seeing a list of…