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September 5, 2025 - Birthday, Books, Nonfiction, Reading, Review, Writing

From the Archives: The Alluring Obscurity of Noir: A Lesson Before Writing, by Ted Morrissey

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Ted Morrissey! Celebrate by reading this Morrissey essay on Robert Coover’s Noir we published in…

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September 1, 2025 - Nonfiction, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: The Road Is a Shot Glass Half-Full, by Grace Campbell

Happy birthday, Grace Campbell! Read this Campbell nonfiction we published in 2019!   Windows lap up the rust belt, entire…

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July 1, 2025October 22, 2025 - Birthday, Folio, Nonfiction, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Grace Notes, by Kenning JP García

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Kenning JP García! Celebrate by reading García’s “Grace Notes,” which we published in Puerto Rican…

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June 23, 2025December 1, 2025 - Awards, Books, Event, Featured, Fiction, News, Nonfiction, Poetry, Reading, Small Presses, Writing

Announcing the Deadline and Guidelines for the 2025 Big Other Book Awards!

  We are excited to announce the deadline and guidelines for the 2025 Big Other Book Awards! The awards aim…

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June 22, 2025October 12, 2025 - Awards, Books, Event, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Reading, Translation, Writing

Announcing the Winners of the 2024 Big Other Book Awards!

  Recognizing excellence in literature published in 2024 and supporting the vital work of innovative writers and adventurous presses, tonight…

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April 23, 2025April 24, 2025 - Awards, Books, News, Nonfiction, Reading, Writing

Announcing the Finalists for the 2024 Big Other Book Award for Nonfiction!

We’re excited to announce the finalists for the 2024 Big Other Book Award for Nonfiction. The winner will be announced…

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April 1, 2025 - Birthday, Nonfiction, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Always Arriving a Little Too Early: A Nocturne, by Pedram Navab

  Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Pedram Navab! Celebrate Navab’s birthday by reading this Navab essay we published in 2019!…

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February 4, 2025 - Birthday, Books, Nonfiction, Reading, Review, Writing

From the Archives: Big Other Folio: Robert Coover

  Happy birthday, Robert Coover! Celebrate by reading Big Other‘s folio dedicated to Coover, which we published in 2021! It…

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January 22, 2025 - Birthday, Music, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: When Being Becomes a Becoming, Everything Flows Together: Music and/as Process Philosophy, by Steve Tromans

  Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Steve Tromans! Celebrate by reading this Tromans essay we published earlier this year!  …

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December 20, 2024July 16, 2025 - Nonfiction, Reading, Review, Small Presses, Writing

Order and Freedom in a Chaotic Dreamscape: A Review of Seb Doubinsky’s The Sum of All Things

By Stephen Joyce   In The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche argued that Greek tragedy arose from the clash between the…

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