2019 – Page 2 – BIG OTHER

Joan Didion on Writing, Language, Memory, and More

R.I.P., Joan Didion! Here are some quotes from Didion’s writing: “As it happens, I am still committed to the…

Happy birthday, Rainer Maria Rilke! Here are some quotes from the writer. “Surely all art is the result…

We are pleased to nominate the following fictions published in 2019 for inclusion in Sonder Press’s next Best Small…

Happy birthday, George Saunders! 61, today! Here are some quotes from Saunders about writing, etc.: “To me,…

We are pleased to nominate the following fictions and poems published in 2019 for the Pushcart Prize: Fiction:…

Happy birthday, Arundhati Roy! 58, today! Here are some quotes from the author. “For reasons that I don’t…

Happy birthday, Guy Davenport! Here are some quotes from the writer. “Avoid the suave flow of prose that’s…

Happy birthday, Paul Celan! Here are some quotes from the author. “The poem becomes…desperate conversation.” “He speaks…

Happy birthday, Don DeLillo, maestro of maestros! 83, today! Meeting and three times speaking with Don DeLillo at last…

Happy birthday, Nadine Gordimer! Here are some quotes from the author. “As a writer, I’m a composite intelligence.”…