August 2019 – BIG OTHER

“And yes, it’s all a story and it’s the same story and all we can do is tell it how we see it, feel it, and sing it.”

Happy birthday, Robert Lopez! Listen to our recent podcast with Lopez; and read “The Future Home of the Wymans,”…

Happy birthday, Julio Cortázar! Here are some quotes from the writer. “In quoting others, we cite ourselves.” …

Happy birthday, Jorge Luis Borges! Here are some quotes from the writer. “I have always imagined that Paradise…

Happy birthday, Howard Zinn! Here are some quotes from Zinn. “To be hopeful in bad times is not…

Happy birthday, Annie Proulx! 84, today! “I read omnivorously, I always have, my entire life. I would rather…

Happy birthday, Michael Martone—writer, professor, small press hero, and literary citizen extraordinaire! Here are some quotes from Martone. …

The Interrupted Blanket the effort to remain ambiguous while your heart is beating —broken heart as shadowplay I stand…

Happy birthday, Alain Robbe-Grillet! Here are some quotes from the writer. “The writer must proudly consent to bear…

Happy birthday, John Hawkes! Here are some quotes from the author. “‘Choice means variable, variable means discontinuity, discontinuity destroys…

I Took One of Her Legs Back at the hotel lobby, the pleasure of the first cold beer was…