2026 – Page 8 – BIG OTHER

Thomas Pynchon on History, Truth, “Living Inside the System,” Death, and More

Happy birthday, Thomas Pynchon! 89, today! Here is Against the Day‘s Jesse’s school essay on “What It Means to Be…

We’re excited to announce the finalists for the 2025 Big Other Book Award for Nonfiction. The winner will be announced…

We’re excited to announce the finalists for the 2025 Big Other Book Award for Translation. The winner will be announced…

We’re excited to announce the finalists for the 2025 Big Other Book Award for Poetry. The winner will be announced…

We’re excited to announce the finalists for the 2025 Big Other Readers’ Choice Award! The winner will be announced at…

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Osama Alomar! Celebrate by reading these Alomar fictions we published in 2019! Explosions…Explosions Fathi…

May is Short Story Month! Every month is Short Story Month! Happy Short Story Month! Short Story Month was…

Happy birthday, Maya Deren! Here are some quotes from the filmmaker: “Myth is the facts of the mind made manifest…

Happy birthday, Roberto Bolaño! Here are some quotes from his writing: “Write in the morning, revise in the…

Happy birthday, Vladimir Nabokov! Here are some quotes from his writing: “Play! Invent the world! Invent reality!” …