May 2025 – BIG OTHER

Walt Whitman on Love, Beauty, Poetry, Peace, and More

Happy birthday, Walt Whitman! Here are some quotes from his writing: “I too am not a bit tamed,…

R.I.P., Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. Here are some quotes from the writer on life, language, literature, and more: “Written…

We’re excited to announce the finalists for the 2024 Big Other Readers’ Choice Award! The winner will be announced at…

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Meg Pokrass! Celebrate by reading these Pokrass fictions (with illustrations by Chris Vaughan), which we…

Happy birthday, Ralph Waldo Emerson! Here are some quotes from his writing: “Neither dogmatize yourself, nor accept another’s…

Happy birthday, Bob Dylan! 84, today! Lucky to have seen this trickster and consummate artist perform live many times…

Happy birthday, Lucie Brock-Broido! Here are some quotes from the poet: “I, abstract, adoring, distant / And unsalvageable.”…

Happy Arrival Day, Sun Ra! Here are some quotes from the composer and musician: “I think of myself…

Here are some quotes from the superb writer’s oeuvre: “Writing is not therapy. That’s the last thing it is.…

We’re excited to announce the finalists for the 2024 Big Other Book Award for Fiction. The winner will be announced…