2021 – BIG OTHER

December 7, 2021 - Birthday, Books, Politics, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Noam Chomsky on Freedom, Power, Democracy, Justice, and More

Happy birthday, Noam Chomsky! 93, today! Here are some quotes from the linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic,…

December 7, 2021 - Featured, Fiction, Reading, Writing

Always Crashing in the Same Car, by Lance Olsen

OH YOU PRETTY THINGS Humming something that came to him in red dreams, he considers, mid-shave, this man suddenly…

December 6, 2021 - Birthday, Event, Poetry, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Five Poems, by Joanna C. Valente

Happy birthday, Joanna C. Valente! Celebrate by reading these Valente poems we published in 2019! They were subsequently published in…

December 4, 2021December 4, 2021 - Books, Reading, Small Presses, Writing

Most Anticipated Small Press Releases: September-December 2021

Here are some compelling September-December 2021 small press books that captured my attention, including Big Other contributor Edwin Torres’s Quanundrum:…

December 3, 2021 - Poetry, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Soft Eclipse, by Elizabeth Robinson

Happy birthday, Elizabeth Robinson! Celebrate by reading this Robinson poem we published last year! We also nominated it for a…

November 30, 2021 - Awards, Featured, News, Reading, Writing

Announcing Big Other’s 2021 Pushcart Prize Nominations!

We are pleased to nominate the following writing published in Big Other in 2021 for the Pushcart Prize: Sarah…

November 23, 2021 - Featured, Poetry, Reading, Writing

Two Poems, by Elizabeth Robinson

Wear Away Light makes light; day makes day. The endless panting of the dog owes nothing to heat or…

November 18, 2021 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Margaret Atwood on Writing, Language, Literature, and More

Happy birthday, Margaret Atwood! 82, today! Here are some quotes from the author: “A word after a word…

October 31, 2021October 31, 2021 - Birthday, Fiction, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: An Oblation, by Tobias Carroll

Happy birthday, Tobias Carroll! Carroll is also an inaugural Big Other Literary Citizenship Awardee. Celebrate by reading this Carroll fiction…

October 22, 2021 - Archives, Birthday, Poetry, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Two Poems, by Cole Swensen

Happy birthday, Cole Swensen! Celebrate by reading these Swensen poems we published in 2019!