July 2026 – BIG OTHER

Seven Poems, by Karen An-hwei Lee

Philoxenia Darling strangers populate my life, ones I love dearly, more than life herself—a prophet and a blind woman,…

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

Happy birthday, William T. Vollmann! 67, today! Here are some quotes from the writer: “If I try not to…

We are excited to announce the deadline and guidelines for the 2026 Big Other Book Awards! This marks the…

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Deema K. Shehabi! Celebrate by reading these Shehabi poems we published in 2022! Pantoum…

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 five Equi poems below, which we published in…