2021 – BIG OTHER

William Carlos Williams on Language, Writing, Reading, Poetry, and More

Happy birthday, William Carlos Williams! Here are some quotes from the writer. “beauty is a defiance of authority”…

A baby titmouse is tucking itself under my elbow. Its beak ajar to let out a tiny snore. I…

Happy birthday, Dawn Raffel! Celebrate by reading this Raffel fiction we published in 2020! It was subsequently selected for inclusion…

Happy birthday, Ted Morrissey! Celebrate by reading this Morrissey essay on Robert Coover’s Noir! It was my great fortune…

Happy birthday, Robert Lopez! Celebrate by reading Lopez’s “However Many Sayings to Live and Die By,” which we published last…

Happy birthday, Joe Milazzo! Celebrate by reading these two Milazzo poems we published in 2019! And then go read a…

Happy birthday, Julio Cortázar! Here are some quotes from the writer. “‘What good is a writer if he…

Happy birthday, Jorge Luis Borges! Here are some quotes from the writer. “Reality is not always probable, or…

Happy birthday, Michael Martone! Celebrate by reading two Martone fictions we published in 2019! They were subsequently published in The…

Here are some compelling August 2021 small press books that captured my attention, including Big Other contributor Brian Evenson‘s The Glassy,…