Birthday – BIG OTHER

David Foster Wallace on Writing, Fiction, Freedom, and More

Happy birthday, David Foster Wallace! Here are some quotes from the writer: “The truth will set you free.…

Happy birthday, Raymond Queneau! Here are some quotes from the writer: “Being or nothing, that is the question.…

Happy birthday, Anaïs Nin! Here are some quotes from the writer: “The role of the writer is not…

Happy birthday, Toni Morrison! Here are some quotes from her writing: “‘If you surrendered to the air, you…

Happy birthday, Gerhard Richter! 88, today! Here are some paintings by and quotes from the artist. “Art is…

Happy birthday, J. M. Coetzee! 80, today! Here are some quotes from the author: “Unimaginable perhaps, but the…

Happy birthday, Elizabeth Bishop! Here are some quotes from her writing. “Lose something every day.” “Oh, must…

Gravitas, an oval shape. We partially shot our windows, our idiot boxes so we don’t see your faces. The…

Happy birthday, Gabriel Blackwell! Celebrate by reading these two Blackwell essays we published March 7, 2019! Discipline After…

Happy birthday, William S. Burroughs! Here are some quotes from this writer’s provocative writing: “The word is now…