May 2020 – BIG OTHER

May 28, 2020 - Interview, Music, Podcast, Reading, Writing

Jamming Their Transmission: Episode 17, Life During the Contagion, Pt. 4

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May 27, 2020 - Featured, Nonfiction, Reading, Writing

Poetry: Power That Seeps From Invisible Wattage

By Will Alexander “All the elements of poetry are aglow, burning like several suns in their intense and high…

May 27, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

John Barth on Writing, Fiction, “Passionate Virtuosity,” and More.

Happy birthday, John Barth! 90, today! Here are some quotes from the author. “Self-knowledge is always bad news.”…

May 26, 2020 - Birthday, Music, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Miles Davis on Life, Music, Creation, and More.

Happy birthday, Miles Davis! Here are some quotes from the musician. “Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not…

May 25, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Ralph Waldo Emerson on Life, Truth, Literature, Paradox, and More.

Happy birthday, Ralph Waldo Emerson! Here are some quotes from his writing: “Neither dogmatize yourself, nor accept another’s…

May 24, 2020 - Birthday, Music, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Bob Dylan on Art, Writing, Poetry, Chaos, and More.

Happy birthday, Bob Dylan! 79, today! Lucky to have seen this trickster and consummate artist perform live many times…

May 22, 2020 - Birthday, Music, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Sun Ra on Music, Freedom, the Impossible, and More.

Happy Arrival Day, Sun Ra! Here are some quotes from the composer and musician. “I think of myself…

May 22, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Lucie Brock-Broido on Writing, Poetry, Wonderment, and More.

Happy birthday, Lucie Brock-Broido! Here are some quotes from the poet. “I, abstract, adoring, distant / And unsalvageable.”…

May 18, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

W. G. Sebald on Memory, History, Truth, Writing, Reading, and More.

Happy birthday, W. G. Sebald! Here are some quotes from his writing: “It would be an ambition of…

May 16, 2020 - Awards, Books, Event, Reading, Writing

Announcing the Winners of the 2019 Big Other Book Awards!

Delighted to announce the winners of the inaugural Big Other Book Awards! All the books below are linked to…