Birthday – BIG OTHER

James Baldwin on Art, Life, Writing, Reading, and More.

Happy birthday, James Baldwin! Here are some quotes from the writer: “Artists are here to disturb the peace.”…

Happy birthday, Herman Melville! Here are some quotes from his writing. “It is better to fail in originality,…

Happy birthday, William H. Gass! Here are some quotes from his books, interviews, etc. “Naturally the artist is an…

Happy birthday, Elias Canetti! Here are some quotes from the writer: “Relearn astonishment, stop grasping for knowledge, lose…

Happy birthday, Elaine Equi! Celebrate by reading these four Equi poems we published on May 28, 2019! —John Madera, Editor…

Happy birthday, Ingmar Bergman! Here are some quotes from the film director: “I don’t want to produce a…

Happy birthday, Marcel Proust! Here are some quotes from the writer: “Love is space and time measured by…

Happy birthday, Frida Kahlo! Here are some quotes from the artist: “I am a mixture.” “I am…

Happy birthday, Nathaniel Hawthorne! Here are some quotes from the writer: “I am a citizen of somewhere else.”…

Happy birthday, Franz Kafka! Here are some quotes from the writer: “I usually solve problems by letting them…