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call from the great Super Arrow:
Dear Writers & Artists All Sorts, We write to you from a sunny place, where though the branches are yet…
Contemporary Verse Novels: Carson, Saterstrom, Conrad, the Roubauds, Boully, and Ruefle
What is a beginning? What is an ending? What makes a particular grouping of words become a poem or a…
From the Barbaric Heart: A Story About Me and Lewis and the Late Great Island Nation of Japan
In the April, 2011, issue of Harper’s, Lewis Lapham has written an essay on Mark Twain’s Autobiography, Volume 1 of…
DIY Geek Cinema
For a long time I’ve held an ambiguous attitude toward geek culture, and ultra-fandom. On the one hand, it’s painfully…
&NOW 5: UC San Diego / Proposal Deadline: April 12!
Hey now–time to get your proposals together. This one’s going to be big… The &Now Festival is a biennial festival,…
Read Some Irish Writers Today, Won’t You?
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! While I hate the fratty atmosphere of the holiday here in the States, and will not…
So-Called Small Presses Dominate the N.B.C.C. Awards!
On Thursday, March 10, 2011, the National Book Critics Circle announced the winners of its book awards for publishing year…
A New Contributor at Big Other
Please join me in welcoming Curtis White to Big Other. Curtis White is the critically acclaimed writer of numerous books…
J.A. Tyler’s letting it ride
J.A. Tyler’s second novel was just published by Fugue State. And he’s making you, the reader, a deal. Read his…