Happy birthday, John Domini! Celebrate by reading this Domini fiction we published on February 23, 2019! —Look, I’m not…
Fifty Gestures of Love, in honor of William Gass (continued)
25 remaining, & here they are, picking up where we left off, with Tolstoy & his disgraced Natasha 26) The…
Fifty Gestures of Love, in honor of William Gass.
25 now, 25 to follow, with many thanks 1) In The Odyssey, there’s Penelope’s more intimate test of this stranger…
The Dividing Line, the Defining Meals: Kafka Sermon Final
For a few days here on Big Other, now while we’re still in soul-shot of Passover and Easter, I’ve been…
The Sister, the Lover, & Skepticism: Kafka Sermon #2
A couple of days ago, here on Big Other, I posted my first round of thoughts on one of Kafka’s briefest…
The “Fabulous” vs. the “Struggle:” Kafka Sermon #1
ON PARABLES Many complain that the words of the wise are always merely parables and of no use in daily…
Plensa, ALEXANDRA, alabaster, Des Moines: Best of 2011
In Des Moines, Iowa, in the final month of 2011, 3000 pounds of alabaster might be mistaken for gossamer.
Stanley Elkin, Ghosting Through Boston, Beautifully
A reminiscence of Stanley Elkin & a one-on-one workshop session I was lucky enough to have.
Reading @ KGB Bar, Sunday, Feb. 6th.
Last time I showed up on Big Other, it was to offer some final big ideas about Dante and his…