Happy birthday, George Orwell! Here are some quotes from the writer. “The imagination, like certain wild animals, will not…
A Sentence About a Sentence I Love: From Roberto Bolaño’s 2666
“The sky, at sunset, looked like a carnivorous flower” —from Roberto Bolaño’s 2666 This stunning line is a pitch-perfect criminal…
Big Other Book Awards!
We are excited to announce the inaugural Big Other Book Awards. This award aims to recognize excellence in literature, to…
“The calling of art is to extract us from our daily reality, to bring us to a hidden truth that’s difficult to access—to a level that’s not material but spiritual.”
Happy birthday, Abbas Kiarostami! Here are some quotes from the filmmaker. “It’s said that in the beginning was the…
“When you hear music, after it’s over, it’s gone in the air. You can never capture it again.”
Happy birthday, Eric Dolphy! Here are several clips of Dolphy performing live.
“Literature is where I go to explore the highest and lowest places in human society and in the human spirit, where I hope to find not absolute truth but the truth of the tale, of the imagination of the heart.”
Happy birthday, Salman Rushdie! 72, today! Here are some quotes from his books and interviews. “Go for broke. Always…
A Sentence About a Sentence I Love: Mother Fulcher
By D. A. Powell “Smells like you been eating pussy.” —Mother Fulcher Recently, when someone posted on Twitter a…