Poetry – BIG OTHER

Scintillant, by Arthur Sze

Scintillant Trudging uphill, I turn onto a deer path then follow the switchbacks you marked with orange streamers until…

Happy birthday, Elaine Equi! Celebrate by reading the four Equi poems below, which we published this year! Follow that by…

Emotions: A Boxed Set Heebie-Jeebies It’s the kind of tail-in-socket anxiety that plugs directly into the body— manifesting in…

Happy birthday, Edwin Torres! Celebrate by reading these four poems we published last year! Also, read the five Torres poems…

Happy birthday, John Yau! Celebrate his birthday by reading this superb suite of poems we published in 2019! — …

Day #1101 The hospitals are exploding in the middle of the city and they tell us The dead are…

Happy birthday, Rae Armantrout! Celebrate by reading this suite of Armantrout poems we published last year! And also read the…

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Urayoán Noel! Celebrate by reading “Coral,” which we published in 2020. Coral writing…

We are excited to announce the deadline and guidelines for the 2021 Big Other Book Awards! The awards aim…

Happy birthday, Victoria Redel! Celebrate by reading this suite of poems we published in 2019! Garden In the…