2022 – Page 3 – BIG OTHER

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

November 1, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Politics, Reading, Writing

Edward Said on Culture, History, Criticism, Imperialism, and More

Happy birthday, Edward Said! Here are some quotes from Said’s books, interviews, etc.: “We can not fight for our…

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…

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…

October 26, 2022October 22, 2025 - 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…

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…

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,…

October 19, 2022October 22, 2025 - 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…