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January 31, 2019April 4, 2019 - Birthday, Nonfiction, Politics, Writing

“It is the second job of literature to create myth. But its first job is to destroy it.”

Happy birthday, Kenzaburō Ōe! Here are some quotes from this marvelous writer: “I am the kind of writer who rewrites…

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January 31, 2019April 4, 2019 - Poetry, Videos

“The Differences Become Contiguous”: Keith and Rosmarie Waldrop Reading at Harvard

 

January 31, 2019April 4, 2019 - Birthday, Film, Nonfiction, Writing

“I’m hanging on to life for dear life.”

Happy birthday, Derek Jarman! Here are some quotes from the brilliant filmmaker: “But the wind does not stop for my…

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January 31, 2019April 4, 2019 - Birthday, Music, Nonfiction

“You practice and you get better. It’s very simple.”

Happy birthday, Philip Glass! 82, today! Here are some quotes from the great composer: “I always knew what I wanted…

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January 30, 2019April 4, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Fiction, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“Reduce intellectual and emotional noise until you arrive at the silence of yourself, and listen to it.”

Happy birthday, Richard Brautigan! Here are some quotes from this superb writer’s writing: “I like to think (it has to…

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January 29, 2019April 4, 2019 - Art, Birthday, Nonfiction, Writing

Anton Chekhov on Life, Love, Death, Writing, Happiness, and More

Happy birthday, Anton Chekhov(!), great Russian playwright and short story writer, about whom George Saunders wrote: That’s one of my…

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January 28, 2019April 4, 2019 - Birthday, Nonfiction, Writing

Colette on Writing, Passion, Solitude, Despair, and More

Happy birthday, Colette! Here are some quotes from this great writer: “Put down everything that comes into your head and…

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January 28, 2019April 4, 2019 - Art, Birthday, Nonfiction

Alice Neel on Art, Freedom, Chekhov, and More

Happy birthday, Alice Neel! Here are some quotes from and paintings by this extraordinary artist: “Art is two things: a…

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January 28, 2019April 4, 2019 - Art, Birthday, Nonfiction

Claes Oldenburg on Art and Life and Other “Possibilities”

Happy birthday, Claes Oldenburg! 90, today! Here are some of his marvelous sculptures highlights from his wonderful “Ode to Possibilities“:…

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January 26, 2019January 28, 2021 - Books, News, Reading, Writing

Announcing Big Other’s 2019 Lifetime Achievement Awardees!

  We are delighted to announce Big Other‘s Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Awardees! The award honors exemplary living writers, who have…

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