We are excited to announce the recipients of the 2023 Big Other Literary Citizenship Awards. This award aims to recognize outstanding efforts toward supporting the work of innovative writers and adventurous presses, through reviewing, editing, publishing, and/or promoting books, as well as encouraging, building, and sustaining a robust literary culture.
These exemplary literary citizens will be further celebrated at the 2023 Big Other Book Awards Ceremony (date to be ann0unced).
And the awardees are:
Wendy J. Fox
Wendy J. Fox is the author of four books of fiction, including If the Ice Had Held and What If We Were Somewhere Else. She has written for national publications, like The Rumpus, Catapult, Electric Literature, Self, Business Insider, and Ms.; and her work has appeared in literary magazines, like Washington Square, Euphony, and Painted Bride Quarterly. Her books coverage focuses on the great works of small presses.
David Naimon
David Naimon hosts the radio broadcast and podcast Between the Covers and is coauthor of Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing. His writing has been published in Tin House, AGNI, Boulevard, Virginia Quarterly Review, and elsewhere, was reprinted in the 2019 Pushcart Prize anthology and the Best Small Fictions 2015, and was cited in Best American Essays and Best American Travel Writing.
