July 2025 – BIG OTHER

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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