2023 – BIG OTHER

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

Happy birthday, Don DeLillo, maestro of maestros! 87, today! Meeting and speaking (three times!) with Don DeLillo at International…

By Melanie Hyo-In Han Scrolling through an online list of Korean poets some time ago, I learned about Emily…

By Joe Sacksteder Tobias Carroll’s new novel, Ex-Members, immerses readers in the punk scene of New Jersey in the…

Happy birthday, Edward Said! Here’s a PDF of his book pertinent book The Question of Palestine. And here are some…

Happy birthday, Tobias Carroll! Celebrate by reading this Carroll fiction we published in 2019! Carroll was an inaugural Big Other…

Happy birthday, Cole Swensen! Celebrate by reading these Swensen poems we published in 2023! And then read the Swensen poems…

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

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

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

I’ve had the deep pleasure of knowing Lance Olsen (for at least fourteen years now), reviewing his work, interviewing…