Books – BIG OTHER

Italo Calvino on Writing, Reading, Memory, Cities, and More

Happy birthday, Italo Calvino! Here are quotes from the writer. “What makes lovemaking and reading resemble each other…

By Ted Morrissey Like many (most?) American readers, I came to Vladimir Nabokov via Lolita, the controversial novel that…

By Dan Magers Aimee Parkison’s work defies easy description or categorization. Over the course of over fifteen years and…

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

Happy birthday, Ted Morrissey! Celebrate by reading this Morrissey essay on Robert Coover’s Noir! It was my great fortune…

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

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

Here are some compelling August 2021 small press books that captured my attention, including Big Other contributor Brian Evenson‘s The Glassy,…

Happy birthday, Brian Evenson! Celebrate by reading his essay on Robert Coover’s fiction, which is featured in our Robert Coover…

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