May 2022 – BIG OTHER

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

Happy birthday, Bob Dylan! 81, today! Lucky to have seen this trickster and consummate artist perform live many times…

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

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

Happy birthday, Stanley Elkin! Here are some quotes from his books and interviews: “Make a thing that never…

Happy birthday, Thomas Pynchon! 85, today! Here is Against the Day‘s Jesse’s school essay on “What It Means to…