Birthday – BIG OTHER

Octavia E. Butler on Habit, Freedom, Writing, and More

Happy birthday, Octavia E. Butler! Here are some quotes from her writing. “There’s nothing new under the sun, but…

Happy birthday, Salman Rushdie! 75, today! Here are some quotes from his books and interviews: “Go for broke. Always…

Happy birthday, Rone Shavers! Celebrate by reading these Shavers crônicas we published in 2019! Crônica No. 1: On the…

Happy birthday, Federico García Lorca! Here are some quotes from his writing: “Only mystery allows us to live,…

Happy birthday, Allen Ginsberg! Here are some quotes from his writing: “You say what you want to say…

Happy birthday, Agnès Varda! Here are some quotes from the filmmaker: “You have to invent life.” “Memory is like sand…

Happy birthday, John Barth! 92, today! Here are some quotes from the author: “Self-knowledge is always bad news.”…

Happy birthday, Bob Dylan! 81, today! Lucky to have seen this trickster and consummate artist perform live many times…

Happy Arrival Day, Sun Ra! Here are some quotes from the composer and musician: “I think of myself…

Happy birthday, Lucie Brock-Broido! Here are some quotes from the poet. “I, abstract, adoring, distant / And unsalvageable.”…