Birthday – BIG OTHER

Maya Deren on Art, Myth, Film, and More

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!” …

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.”…