Books – BIG OTHER

June 24, 2022June 24, 2022 - Awards, Books, Event, Featured, Reading, Small Presses, Writing

Announcing the Winners of the 2021 Big Other Book Awards!

Delighted to announce the winners of the 2021 Big Other Book Awards! The awards aim to recognize excellence in literature…

June 22, 2022 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

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…

June 19, 2022June 19, 2022 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Salman Rushdie on Language, Literature, Freedom of Expression, and More

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

June 18, 2022June 18, 2022 - Books, Featured, Interview, Reading, Small Presses, Writing

From the Archives: An Interview with John Keene, by Jeffery Renard Allen

Happy birthday, John Keene! Celebrate by reading Jeffery Renard Allen’s epic conversation with Keene, about the latter’s Annotations and Counternarratives,…

June 5, 2022 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Federico García Lorca on Love, Mystery, Poetry, and More

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

June 3, 2022 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Allen Ginsberg on Poetry, Voice, Democracy, and More

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

May 27, 2022 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

John Barth on Writing, Fiction, “Passionate Virtuosity,” and More

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

May 22, 2022 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Lucie Brock-Broido on Writing, Poetry, Wonderment, and More

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

May 11, 2022 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Stanley Elkin on Writing, Sentences, Fiction, and More

Happy birthday, Stanley Elkin! Here are some quotes from his books and interviews: “Make a thing that never…

May 8, 2022 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Thomas Pynchon on History, Truth, “Living Inside the System,” Death, and More.

Happy birthday, Thomas Pynchon! 85, today! Here is Against the Day‘s Jesse’s school essay on “What It Means to…