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July 30, 2025 - Featured, Fiction, Reading, Writing

Tree Ears and Velvet Feet, by Aimee Parkison

  Ethereal Meat Tossing crushed garlic into hand-churned butter melting in cast-iron pans, I caramelize buckets of wild mushrooms brought…

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July 30, 2025 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

William H. Gass on Art, Writing, Sentences, Reading, Literature, and More

Happy birthday, William H. Gass! Here are some quotes from his books, interviews, etc. Speaking of interviews, read my career-spanning…

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July 28, 2025 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

John Ashbery on Writing, Poetry, and More

Happy birthday, John Ashbery! Here are some quotes from his writing:   “I too often feel like a person I…

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July 28, 2025 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

William T. Vollmann on Reading, Writing, Curiosity, and More

Happy birthday, William T. Vollmann! 66, today! Here are some quotes from the writer:   “If I try not to…

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July 28, 2025 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Gerard Manley Hopkins on Beauty, Poetry, and More

  Happy birthday, Gerard Manley Hopkins! Here are some quotes from his writing.   “What you look hard at seems…

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July 27, 2025 - Featured, Fiction, Reading, Writing

Lethal Conversations, by Aimee Parkison

  Testimony: Louisiana, 1864 At the time when I was raped by a man in uniform, what happened to me…

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July 26, 2025 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Aldous Huxley on Art, Writing, Politics, and More

Happy birthday, Aldous Huxley! Here are some quotes from the writer:   “You can’t consume much if you sit still…

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July 25, 2025July 25, 2025 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Elias Canetti on Astonishment, Reality, Writing, Books, and More

  Happy birthday, Elias Canetti! Here are some quotes from the writer:   “Relearn astonishment, stop grasping for knowledge, lose…

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July 24, 2025 - Birthday, Poetry, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Three Poems, by Elaine Equi

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Elaine Equi! Celebrate by reading the three Equi poems below, which we published in 2024!…

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July 21, 2025 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Hart Crane on Language, Poetry, and More

  Happy birthday, Hart Crane! Here are some quotes and poems from the poet:   “I can remember much forgetfulness.”…

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