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February 6, 2026February 6, 2026 - Birthday, Poetry, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Five Poems, by John Schertzer

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor John Schertzer! Celebrate by reading these Schertzer poems we published in 2024! And then go…

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February 25, 2025 - Books, Reading, Review, Small Presses, Writing

The Gods Are (Not) Okay: A Review of Kurt Baumeister’s Twilight of the Gods

By John Schertzer   What Kurt Baumeister might be asking us to consider in Twilight of the Gods is that…

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February 6, 2025February 6, 2025 - Birthday, Poetry, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Five Poems, by John Schertzer

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor John Schertzer! Celebrate by reading these Schertzer poems we published in 2024! And then go…

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August 10, 2024October 25, 2025 - Poetry, Reading, Writing

Five Poems, by John Schertzer

  What It Feels Like to Be Free The organ grinder sends another monkey down the street into peril. That’s…

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July 12, 2024July 16, 2025 - Books, Reading, Review, Small Presses, Writing

Life and Death and Living Metaphors: A Review of Ian S. Maloney’s South Brooklyn Exterminating

By John Schertzer   Ian S. Maloney’s South Brooklyn Exterminating tells neither the American story you often hear nor the…

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February 7, 2024February 7, 2024 - Fiction, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Two Fictions, by John Schertzer

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor John Schertzer! Celebrate by reading these Schertzer fictions we published in 2022! And then go…

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February 6, 2023 - Fiction, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Two Fictions, by John Schertzer

Happy birthday, John Schertzer! Celebrate by reading these Schertzer fictions we published in 2022! And then go read the Schertzer…

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March 15, 2022October 22, 2025 - Archives, Fiction, Reading, Writing

Two Fictions, by John Schertzer

  Fangs and Fetishes I went out into the world to find a healing stone. Its name was Worry. It…

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February 6, 2022February 20, 2022 - Birthday, Poetry, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Four Poems, by John Schertzer

Happy birthday, John Schertzer! Celebrate by reading these Schertzer poems we published in 2021!   Diagram C The sun opens…

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January 27, 2021October 22, 2025 - Archives, Poetry, Reading, Writing

Four Poems, by John Schertzer

Diagram C The sun opens its mouth over the bridge And warms the eastern sky above The ocean, which is…

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