The Grove Press edition of Margeurite Duras’s The Malady of Death (1982, English trans. 1986) is 64 pages long, and…
Nerds Texting
December 24, 2009: Me: Just bought “Prisoner of Love” by Jean Genet at barbaras books at ohaire airport b/c it…
Fartist Statement
Does anyone actually like composing artist statements? Or are they simply a necessary evil. They’re required for these residencies I’m…
Big Other Contest #3
Win Robert Lopez’s Part of the World and Kamby Bolongo Mean River. All you have to do is write up…
Getting Residency, Pt. II
I’ll be applying to some artist residencies this year, and posting about the process. So far, I’ve created a list…
Generous MFA Programs
I know the time has basically just passed for application to most MFA programs, but I wanted to share this…
Interview with Ken Sparling
Sean Lovelace interviews Ken Sparling for Big Other
Do you have siblings?
image source I learned recently that Peter Cole, editor of Keyhole, is the oldest of four boys! I find this…
Yaddo Yaddo Yaddo
One of my resolutions this year is to apply for writing fellowships. This is something I’ve never done, and it…
From Fellini to Obama?
So Nine bombed. But I don’t want to talk about that movie, which I haven’t seen. I’d rather talk about…