Books – Page 2 – BIG OTHER

“Show not what has been done, but what can be.”

Happy birthday, Umberto Eco! Here are some quotes from the writer: “I love the smell of book ink…

Happy birthday, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o! 82, today! Here are some quotes from the writer: “Words are the food,…

Happy birthday, C. L. R. James! Here are some quotes from the historian: “In politics, all abstract terms…

Imagine if most anticipated books lists didn’t grossly resemble each other. Imagine if they didn’t simply privilege books from…

Happy birthday, William Gaddis! Here are some quotes from the writer: “If it is not beautiful for someone,…

Happy birthday, Guy Debord! Here are some quotes from the theorist, philosopher, and filmmaker: “The more you consume,…

Happy birthday, Henry Miller! Here are some quotes from the writer. “There is no salvation in becoming adapted…

Happy birthday, Jean Toomer! Here are some quotes from the author. “We have many reformers, few transformers.” “All…

Happy birthday, Gustave Flaubert! Here are some quotes from the writer. “Talent is a long patience, and originality…

Happy birthday, Emily Dickinson! Here are some selections from her writing. “If I read a book [and] it…