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November 20, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

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…

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November 9, 2023 - Books, Nonfiction, Reading, Review, Small Presses, Writing

A Vital, Empathetic Act of Witness: On Emily Jungmin Yoon’s Ordinary Misfortunes

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

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November 5, 2023 - Books, Nonfiction, Reading, Review, Writing

Misdirection as Mapping the Periphery: On Tobias Carroll’s Ex-Members

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

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November 1, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Politics, Reading, Writing

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

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

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October 31, 2023 - Birthday, Fiction, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: An Oblation, by Tobias Carroll

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

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October 22, 2023 - Birthday, Poetry, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Two Poems, by Cole Swensen

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

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October 15, 2023October 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, 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, 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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October 14, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Reading, Writing

Happy 67th Birthday, Lance Olsen!: 67 Reasons to Celebrate Lance Olsen

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

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Misdirection as Mapping the Periphery: On Tobias Carroll’s Ex-Members

November 5, 2023

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

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