2026 – BIG OTHER

Gerhard Richter on Art, Painting, Meaning, and More

Happy birthday, Gerhard Richter! 94, today! Here are some quotes from the artist: “Art is the highest form of…

To a Slide of The Temptation of Eve in a Lecture on Medieval Art I was twenty when I…

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Micah Zevin! Celebrate by reading these Zevin poems we published in 2019! Four of these…

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor John Schertzer! Celebrate by reading these Schertzer poems we published in 2024! And then go…

Happy birthday, William S. Burroughs! Here are some quotes from his writing: “The word is now a virus.”…

Underland “If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.” —Walt Whitman Where stalactite meets bone (in…

Happy birthday, Robert Coover! Celebrate by reading Big Other‘s folio dedicated to Coover, which we published in 2021! It…

Happy birthday, Gertrude Stein! Here’s a selection of quotes from her marvelous writing: “Writing and reading is to…

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor William Lessard! Celebrate by reading these two Lessard poems we published in 2019! …

Happy birthday, Roberto F. Santiago! Celebrate by reading the suite of Santiago poems we published in 2022 as part of…