Sad to share the sad news that marvelous poet and brilliant scholar Tyrone Williams has died. He leaves behind a trove of superb writing, including a number of chapbooks (Convalescence, Futures, Elections, Musique Noir, and Pink Tie, among others) and full-length collections of poetry (As Iz, c.c., On Spec, The Hero Project of the Century, Adventures of Pi, Howell, and Stilettos in a Rifle Range).
Williams was also a Big Other contributor. And we’re honored to have published two of his essays:
“Only a Cry Absent Its Mouth”
“Reviewing Reviewing: Ethos and Praxis”
Delighted, too, to have published “On Poetry, Community, and Heroes: Reading Tyrone Williams,” Jill Darling’s superb examination of Williams’s The Hero Project of the Century.
Deepest condolences to Williams’s family and friends.
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John Madera is the author of Nervosities (Anti-Oedipus Press, 2024) and Nomad Science (Spuyten Duyvil Press, forthcoming in 2026). His fiction is also published in Conjunctions, Salt Hill, Hobart, The &Now Awards 2: The Best Innovative Writing, and many other journals. His poetry is also published in elimae, Sixth Finch, Contrapuntos, and elsewhere. His criticism is published in American Book Review, Bookforum, The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Rain Taxi: Review of Books, The Believer, The Brooklyn Rail, and many other venues. Recipient of an M.F.A. in Literary Arts from Brown University, two-time New York State Council on the Arts awardee John Madera lives in New York City, where he runs Rhizomatic and manages and edits Big Other.
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