Books – BIG OTHER

“I defend not my voice, but my silence.”

Happy birthday, Anna Akhmatova! Here are some quotes from the writer. “I am in the middle of it:…

Happy birthday, Octavia E. Butler! Here are some quotes from her writing. “Every story I create, creates me. I…

Happy birthday, Anne Carson! 69, today! Here are some quotes from her writing. “It is the task of a…

Happy birthday, Salman Rushdie! 72, today! Here are some quotes from his books and interviews. “Go for broke. Always…

Happy birthday, John Edgar Wideman! 78 today! Here are some quotes from his writings and interviews. “Good writing is…

Happy birthday, William Butler Yeats! Here are some quotes from his writing. “We make out of the quarrel with others,…

Happy birthday, Fernando Pessoa! Here are some quotes from his writing. “To pretend is to know oneself.” “Could it…

This scene takes place early in the novel, soon after the ark known as ANGEL HOUSE, piloted by an…

Happy birthday, Djuna Barnes! Here are some quotes from her writing. “‘To think is to be sick.’” “‘An image…

Happy birthday, Yasunari Kawabata! Here are some quotes from his writing. “Time passed. But time flows in many streams. Like…