2026 – Page 9 – BIG OTHER

Rikki Ducornet on Art, Life, Reading, Writing, the Imagination, and More

Happy birthday, Rikki Ducornet! 83, today! Addressing “our culture’s disdain for the artist,” Rikki Ducornet in my podcast with…

Happy birthday, Kathy Acker! Here are some quotes from her writing: “Literature is that which denounces and slashes…

Happy birthday, Bob Kaufman! Here are some selections from his writing: “I want to be anonymous…my ambition is to…

Happy birthday, Henry James! Here are some quotes from his writing: “Try to be one of the people…

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Rae Armantrout! Celebrate by reading this suite of Armantrout poems we published in 2022! And…

Happy birthday, Samuel Beckett! Here are some quotes from his writing: “Birth was the death of him.” …

Happy birthday, Charles Baudelaire! Here are some quotes from his writing: “Always be a poet, even in prose.”…

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Victoria Redel! Celebrate by reading this suite of Redel poems we published in 2019!…

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Danielle Pafunda! Celebrate by reading this suite of Pafunda poems we published in 2019!…

Happy birthday, Donald Barthelme! Here are some quotes from his writing: “The writer is that person who, embarking…