2023 – BIG OTHER

Emily Dickinson on Life, Death, Books, and More

Happy birthday, Emily Dickinson! Here are some selections from her writing: “To live is so startling it leaves…

Happy birthday, Rainer Maria Rilke! Here are some quotes from the writer: “Let everything happen to you: beauty…

Happy birthday, Elizabeth Robinson! Celebrate by reading “Soft Eclipse,” which we published in 2020! We also nominated it for a…

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

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…