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February 25, 2025 - Books, Reading, Review, Small Presses, Writing

The Gods Are (Not) Okay: A Review of Kurt Baumeister’s Twilight of the Gods

By John Schertzer   What Kurt Baumeister might be asking us to consider in Twilight of the Gods is that…

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February 15, 2025 - Birthday, Fiction, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Penny Sufferings, by Peter Selgin

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Peter Selgin! Celebrate by reading “Penny Sufferings,” which we published in 2021!   The Abyss…

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February 12, 2025 - Books, Reading, Review, Small Presses, Writing

I Shall Live Here in Your Ghastly Forever: A Review of Ray Levy’s School

By Robert Glick   Smart, acerbic, funny, bitchy, and witchy, Ray Levy’s novel School commingles jouissance with shame, wants you…

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February 7, 2025 - Birthday, Poetry, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Five Poems, by Micah Zevin

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Micah Zevin! Celebrate by reading these Zevin poems we published in 2019! Four of these…

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February 6, 2025February 6, 2025 - Birthday, Poetry, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Five Poems, by John Schertzer

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor John Schertzer! Celebrate by reading these Schertzer poems we published in 2024! And then go…

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February 4, 2025 - Birthday, Books, Nonfiction, Reading, Review, Writing

From the Archives: Big Other Folio: Robert Coover

  Happy birthday, Robert Coover! Celebrate by reading Big Other‘s folio dedicated to Coover, which we published in 2021! It…

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February 3, 2025 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Gertrude Stein on Art, Writing, Reading, and More

  Happy birthday, Gertrude Stein! Here’s a selection of quotes from her marvelous writing:   “Writing and reading is to…

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February 3, 2025February 3, 2025 - Birthday, Poetry, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Two Poems, by William Lessard

  Happy birthday, Big Other contributor William Lessard! Celebrate by reading these two Lessard poems we published in 2019!  …

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February 2, 2025 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

James Joyce on Art, Poetry, Writing, and More

  Happy birthday, James Joyce! Here are some quotes from his writing:   “One great part of every human existence…

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February 1, 2025February 2, 2025 - Birthday, Poetry, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Six Poems, by Shira Dentz

  Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Shira Dentz! Celebrate by reading these Dentz poems we published in 2019!   Spring,…

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