April 2021 – BIG OTHER

From the Archives: Past Hertz, by Hillary Leftwich

Happy birthday, Hillary Leftwich! Celebrate by reading this Leftwich fiction we published in 2020! It was recently selected for inclusion…

Happy birthday, Annie Dillard! 76, today! Here are some quotes from her writing: “Write as if you were…

Happy birthday, Roberto Bolaño! Here are some quotes from his writing: “Write in the morning, revise in the…

Rodrigo Toscano: Hi, Julie. I’m delighted to be dialoguing with you right now, because we recently had a happy…

By Joan Frank Sometimes we decide to see what we need to see. Any articles coming from a cherished…

Happy birthday, Vladimir Nabokov! Here are some quotes from his writing: “Play! Invent the world! Invent reality!” …

Good news! Tim Horvath’s “Chop,” Hillary Leftwich’s “Past Hertz,” Robert Lopez’s “However Many Sayings to Live and Die By,”…

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Rikki Ducornet! 78, today! Addressing “our culture’s disdain for the artist,” Rikki Ducornet in…

I’m just learning the sad news that Tom La Farge died on October 22, 2020 after a long battle…

Happy birthday, Henry James! Here are some quotes from his writing: “Try to be one of the people…