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August 31, 2022August 29, 2023 - Fiction, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: However Many Sayings to Live and Die By, by Robert Lopez

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

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August 27, 2022October 22, 2025 - Archives, Poetry, Reading, Writing

Five Poems, by Kimberly Lyons

Ombré How strange I thought the word “ombré” in the middle of the night, stumbling in a small pink bathroom…

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August 26, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Julio Cortázar on Writing, Language, Literature, Living Absurdly, and More

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

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August 25, 2022October 22, 2025 - Archives, Books, Nonfiction, Reading, Writing

Reading the Blind and Blacking the Beyond: African American Fiction and Influence Theory in the Twenty-First Century

By Jeffery Renard Allen   In an illuminating essay written not long before his death, the celebrated German novelist W.…

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August 24, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Jorge Luis Borges on Reality, Writing, Literature, and More

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

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August 22, 2022February 24, 2023 - Nonfiction, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Five Nonfictions, by Michael Martone

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Michael Martone! Celebrate by reading these five Martone nonfictions, which we published earlier this year!…

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August 22, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Annie Proulx on Language, Writing, and More

  Happy birthday, Annie Proulx! 87, today! Here are some quotes from the writer:   “I read omnivorously, I always…

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August 2, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

James Baldwin on Art, Life, Writing, Reading, and More

  Happy birthday, James Baldwin! Here are some quotes from the writer:   “Artists are here to disturb the peace.”…

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