February 2026 – BIG OTHER

And One by One They Disappeared, by Stephen O’Connor

Here in the snow, in the woods, there is black, there is white, and endless shades between, but none…

Happy birthday, David Foster Wallace! Here are some quotes from the writer: “The truth will set you free. But…

Happy birthday, Anaïs Nin! Here are some quotes from the writer: “The role of the writer is not…

Happy birthday, Audre Lorde! Here are some quotes from the writer: “For the master’s tools will never dismantle the…

How to Love a Mango Girl Crack open her chestwall with surgical loveliness, remove the slippery, heaving Thing inside,…

Happy birthday, Gordon Lish! 92, today! Here are some quotes from the writer: “Do not confine your work to…

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…