2020 – Page 27 – BIG OTHER

Three Cities, by Dawn Raffel

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

Happy birthday, David Bowie! Here are some quotes from the musician: “I’m a born librarian with a sex…

Happy birthday, Nicholson Baker! 63, today! Here are quotes from the writer: “I woke up thinking a very…

Happy birthday, Zora Neale Hurston! Here are some quotes from the author: “If writers were too wise, perhaps…

Happy birthday, C. D. Wright! Here are some quotes from the writer: “I believe in a hardheaded art,…

Happy birthday, E. L. Doctorow! Here are some quotes from the writer: “Writing is an exploration. You start…

Happy birthday, Umberto Eco! Here are some quotes from the writer: “I love the smell of book ink…

Happy birthday, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o! 82, today! Here are some quotes from the writer: “Words are the food,…

Happy birthday, C. L. R. James! Here are some quotes from the historian: “In politics, all abstract terms…

Imagine if most anticipated books lists didn’t grossly resemble each other. Imagine if they didn’t simply privilege books from…