November 2022 – BIG OTHER

November 30, 2022August 28, 2023 - Anthology, Archives, Books, Featured, Nonfiction, Reading, Writing

(Trans)Forms as Philosophy, by Lance Olsen

Let me begin with a quote: The American writer in the middle of the 20th century has his hands…

November 29, 2022January 15, 2023 - Event, Letter from the Editor, News, Reading, Small Presses, Writing

It’s Giving Tuesday: Will You Support Big Other?

Dear Reader, Millions of people today are giving what they can ($25, $50, etc.) because they know that every little…

November 23, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Guy Davenport on Art, Style, Fiction, Poetry, and More

Happy birthday, Guy Davenport! Here are some quotes from the writer: “Reality was the keener for being fugitive,…

November 20, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Don DeLillo on Writing, Language, Life, Death, and More

Happy birthday, Don DeLillo, maestro of maestros! 86, today! Meeting and three times speaking with Don DeLillo at “Coover-fest”…

November 18, 2022January 15, 2023 - Awards, News, Reading, Writing

Announcing Big Other‘s Nominations for Best Microfiction 2023!

We are pleased to nominate the following fictions for inclusion in Best Microfiction 2023: Tina May Hall’s “The Extinction Museum…

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

José Saramago on Art, Life, Writing, Death, and More

Happy birthday, José Saramago! Here are some quotes from the author: “Perhaps it is the language that chooses…

November 15, 2022August 28, 2023 - Anthology, Archives, Featured, Poetry, Reading, Writing

Five Poems, by G. C. Waldrep

Night 553 Small hawk of days beneath the red sail, rusty red of blood once shed, now dried— is only…

November 12, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Roland Barthes on Language, Writing, Love, Style, Literature, and More

Happy birthday, Roland Barthes! Here are some quotes from the author: “There is only one way left to…

November 5, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

John Berger on Art, History, Politics, and More

Happy birthday, John Berger! Here are some quotes from the writer: “The past grows gradually around one, like…

November 2, 2022September 8, 2023 - Art, Fiction

Prospero’s Nephew’s Notebook, by Chris Vaughan