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April 3, 2020 - Books, Featured, Interview, Podcast, Reading, Writing

Jamming Their Transmission: Episode 15, Life During the Contagion, Pt. 1

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April 2, 2020March 30, 2020 - Books, Featured, Interview, Reading, Writing

“The houses in the hills are bad at being real”: Meghan Lamb on Spaces, Liminality, and Bodies

The innovative in-between spaces in Meghan Lamb’s writing, at once so gentle and unsettled, have long arrested me. Her…

April 1, 2020 - Archives, Birthday, Books, Podcast, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Jamming Their Transmission, Episode 3: Samuel R. Delany

Happy birthday, Samuel R. Delany! Here is my podcast conversation with the literary giant (and Big Other contributor), which…

April 1, 2020 - Archives, Birthday, Books, Reading, Review, Writing

From the Archives: Reading Díaz, by Samuel R. Delany

Today is Samuel R. Delany’s birthday. Celebrate by reading this Delany essay we published April 5, 2019! With…

April 1, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Happy 78th Birthday, Samuel R. Delany!

Today is Samuel R. Delany Day! Celebrate by reading his writing: fiction, memoir, criticism, essays, and letters of the…

March 31, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Octavio Paz on Art, Life, Love, Writing, and More.

Happy birthday, Octavio Paz! Here are some quotes from his writing: “Beyond myself, somewhere, I wait for my…

March 30, 2020 - Art, Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Vincent van Gogh on Art, Love, Life, Painting, and More.

Happy birthday, Vincent van Gogh! Here are some quotes from the artist’s letters: “The sadness will last forever.”…

March 28, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Bohumil Hrabal on Writing, Poetry, Reading, Books, and More.

Happy birthday, Bohumil Hrabal! Here are some quotes from his writing: “Writing is a defense against boredom, but…

March 28, 2020March 28, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Mario Vargas Llosa on Art, Life, Writing, Literature, and More.

Happy birthday, Mario Vargas Llosa! 84, today! Here are some quotes from his writing: “Like writing, reading is…

March 25, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Flannery O’Connor on Art, Writing, Stories, Truth, and More.

Happy birthday, Flannery O’Connor! Here are some quotes from the author’s writing: “If you know who you are,…