2025 – Page 6 – BIG OTHER

Four Poems, by Paul Stubbs

The Religious Mood “Where does religious feeling come from? From the fact there is a world.” —Simone Weil —Beginning…

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Roberta Allen! Celebrate by reading “A Way to Go,” which we published in 2019! …

Left alone, an empty jug will replenish, so it has been written; mirrors will cast flashes from one’s past;…

iDeath My father was driven to Drink and Despair in a donkey cart. Other men had died there, and the…

Happy birthday, Wallace Stevens!

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Heller Levinson! Celebrate by reading these five Levinson poems, which we published in 2024! …

Happy birthday, William Faulkner! Here are some quotes from the writer: “Read, read, read. Read everything—trash, classics, good…

Translated by Katherine M. Hedeen and Víctor Rodríguez Núñez I have seen hearts settled by ants, and carnal masks,…

Translations by George Szirtes A Dream of Colored Inks By Dezső Kosztolányi Yellow is my favorite. How many letters…

Happy birthday, William Carlos Williams! Here are some quotes from the Puerto Rican writer: “beauty is a defiance…