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October 31, 2022August 29, 2023 - 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…

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October 27, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Sylvia Plath on Poetry, Silence, Dying, and More

  Happy birthday, Sylvia Plath! Here are some quotes from her writing:   “The blood jet is poetry, / There…

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October 26, 2022August 28, 2023 - Anthology, Archives, Poetry, Reading, Writing

From Tournament, by Patrick Durgin

  Objects are arguments. But bodies are feuds. Sardonic allegories No longer suffice. The bodies Were corralled, divided, and Ransomed…

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October 24, 2022January 15, 2023 - Awards, Reading, Small Presses, Writing

Announcing Big Other’s Nominations for The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses XLVIII!

We are pleased to nominate the following pieces published in 2022 for The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses…

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October 21, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Ursula K. Le Guin on Language, Writing, Revolution, and More

Happy birthday, Ursula K. Le Guin! Here are some quotes from the writer:   “To learn which questions are unanswerable,…

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October 19, 2022August 29, 2023 - Anthology, Archives, Books, Reading, Review, Science Fiction, Small Presses, Writing

The Astonished Vowel and the Number of Wonder: On Andrew Joron’s O0

By Brian Strang   I have been an avid reader and fan of Andrew Joron’s poetry and essays for over…

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October 16, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Oscar Wilde on Art, Astonishment, Disobedience, and More

  Happy birthday, Oscar Wilde! Here are some quotes from the writer:   “[A]ll sentences are sentences of death.”  …

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October 15, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Italo Calvino on Writing, Reading, Memory, Cities, and More

  Happy birthday, Italo Calvino! Here are quotes from the writer:   “What makes lovemaking and reading resemble each other…

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October 15, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Michel Foucault on Art, Knowledge, Critique, History, and More

Happy birthday, Michel Foucault! Here are some quotes from the philosopher and historian:   “But couldn’t everyone’s life become a…

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October 15, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Friedrich Nietzsche on Art, Language, Reality, and More

  Happy birthday, Friedrich Nietzsche! Here are some quotes from the philosopher:   “Is it better to out-monster the monster…

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