January 2020 – Page 2 – BIG OTHER

January 18, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“Bring something incomprehensible into the world!”

Happy birthday, Gilles Deleuze! Here are some quotes from the writer: “[T]o write is to struggle and resist;…

January 17, 2020October 22, 2025 - Archives, Poetry, Reading, Writing

From STORY, by Jennifer Firestone

The bar man prepared several ornate tropical drinks repeatedly. Presumably the ambulance crew patiently rattled protocol while lifting. Presumably…

January 16, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“The language of literature must be…the language of transgression, a rupture of individual systems, a shattering of psychic oppression.”

Happy birthday, Susan Sontag! Here are some quotes from the writer: “Literature is dialogue; responsiveness. Literature might be…

January 15, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Politics, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists…”

Happy birthday, Martin Luther King, Jr.! “I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the…

January 14, 2020 - Birthday, Contest, Event, News, Reading, Writing

Tonight: Big Other’s 10th Anniversary Celebration at #YeahYouWrite!

Celebrate Big Other’s 10th Anniversary tonight at #YeahYouWrite, one of NYC’s best literary events! Held in a “dark and…

January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 - Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“As far as language goes, we have to live contentedly, and discontentedly, with our own, making it do what it can and, also, a little of what it can’t.“

Happy birthday, Lorrie Moore! 63, today! “I try to start a project with at least a small sense…

January 13, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“[T]he most important things in our intimate lives can’t be discussed with strangers, except in books.”

Happy birthday, Edmund White! 79, today! “[T]here’s more to contemporary literature than American coffee-cup realism.” “The novel…

January 12, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”

Happy birthday, Haruki Murakami! 71, today! Here are some quotes from the writer: “All words I use to…

January 11, 2020 - Poetry, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Five Poems, by Nik De Dominic

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Nik De Dominic! Today also marks the publication of Dominic’s Goodbye Wolf (The Operating…

January 8, 2020August 28, 2023 - Archives, Fiction, Reading, Writing

Three Cities, by Dawn Raffel

(with appreciation for Italo Calvino) The City of Serena In the beautiful city of Serena, every old woman wears…