2025 – Page 12 – BIG OTHER

Eight Poems, by Charles Bernstein

Everything Must Go Including the words letters, punctuation marks. Even the screen. What Part of Yes Don’t You Understand?…

Happy birthday, Frida Kahlo! Here are some quotes from the artist: “Fall in love with yourself, with life,…

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Jeffery Renard Allen! Celebrate by reading Allen’s “Four Poems,” which we published earlier this year!…

“…any violation of Title VI—including the use of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (‘DEI’) programs to advantage one’s race over another—is…

Amends Pinto beans. Their camel coat. A bowl like a halved pumpkin; how tall its sides slant. How soaking thrusts…

Happy birthday, Franz Kafka! Here are some quotes from the writer: “I usually solve problems by letting them…

First Thing Found An un- taught taut tau- tology. Stepwise argument— a story Never told, damaging no image. Some arrangement…

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Kenning JP García! Celebrate by reading García’s “Grace Notes,” which we published in Puerto Rican…

A window is a device for multiplying light. A window in a painting creates a window in the wall…

Einspänner. A word with dual meanings—it’s a one-horse carriage or else it’s a hot espresso dolloped with cold whipped…