Books – BIG OTHER

William Carlos Williams on Language, Writing, Reading, Poetry, and More

Happy birthday, William Carlos Williams! Here are some quotes from the writer. “beauty is a defiance of authority”…

Happy birthday, Richard Wright! Here are some quotes from the writer. “All literature is protest.” “The artist…

The Writer In the beginning, they belong to us. They are our words on our pages—scribbled, straightened, colorized, uninterrogated,…

Happy birthday, Julio Cortázar! Here are some quotes from the writer. “‘What good is a writer if he…

By Alissa Hattman I write this review at the end of July from my home near Portland, Oregon, where…

Happy birthday, Jorge Luis Borges! Here are some quotes from the writer. “Reality is not always probable, or…

Happy birthday, Howard Zinn! Here are some quotes from Zinn. “But I suppose the most revolutionary act one…

Happy birthday, Alain Robbe-Grillet! Here are some quotes from the writer. “The true writer has nothing to say.…

Happy birthday, John Hawkes! Here are some quotes from the author: “‘Choice means variable, variable means discontinuity, discontinuity destroys…

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