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From the Archives: Dissolve to Cloud: Treatments for Five Frames from Tierney Gearon’s Explosure, by Tony Leuzzi

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Tony Leuzzi! Celebrate by reading this superb suite of Leuzzi poems we published in…

Color Theory Before Newton used a prism to break light into color, Aristotle said everything was white and black.…

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Katherine M. Hedeen! Celebrate by reading “Two Poems from Erroneous Song,” by Antonio Gamoneda, which…

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Translated by Rachel Galvin You say that insisting on this is a mistake. You always say it. We understand…

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Cole Swensen! Celebrate by reading these Swensen poems we published in 2025! And then read…

The Religious Mood “Where does religious feeling come from? From the fact there is a world.” —Simone Weil —Beginning…

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Heller Levinson! Celebrate by reading these five Levinson poems, which we published in 2024! …

Translated by Katherine M. Hedeen and Víctor Rodríguez Núñez I have seen hearts settled by ants, and carnal masks,…

Translations by George Szirtes A Dream of Colored Inks By Dezső Kosztolányi Yellow is my favorite. How many letters…