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March 6, 2026 - Birthday, Fiction, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: This Boy’s Tongue, by Peter Markus

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Peter Markus! Celebrate by reading Markus’s “This Boy’s Tongue,” which we published in 2019 and…

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March 6, 2026 - Birthday, Poetry, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Five Poems, by Brendan Lorber

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Brendan Lorber! Celebrate by reading these Lorber poems we published in 2022! After that, go…

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March 6, 2026 - Birthday, Fiction, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Centralia Mine Fire, by Sarah Blackman

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Sarah Blackman! Celebrate by reading this Blackman fiction we published in 2021! Following that, read…

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February 23, 2026 - Featured, Fiction, Reading, Writing

And One by One They Disappeared, by Stephen O’Connor

  Here in the snow, in the woods, there is black, there is white, and endless shades between, but none…

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February 21, 2026 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

David Foster Wallace on Writing, Fiction, Freedom, and More

Happy birthday, David Foster Wallace! Here are some quotes from the writer:   “The truth will set you free. But…

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February 21, 2026 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Anaïs Nin on Life, Art, Writing, Death, and More

  Happy birthday, Anaïs Nin! Here are some quotes from the writer:   “The role of the writer is not…

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February 18, 2026 - Birthday, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Audre Lorde on Poetry, Politics, Feminism, and More

Happy birthday, Audre Lorde! Here are some quotes from the writer:   “For the master’s tools will never dismantle the…

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February 17, 2026 - Featured, Poetry, Reading, Writing

Four Poems, by Jennifer Maritza McCauley

  How to Love a Mango Girl Crack open her chestwall with surgical loveliness, remove the slippery, heaving Thing inside,…

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February 11, 2026 - Birthday, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Gordon Lish on Writing, Art, Language, and More

Happy birthday, Gordon Lish! 92, today! Here are some quotes from the writer:   “Do not confine your work to…

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February 9, 2026 - Birthday, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Gerhard Richter on Art, Painting, Meaning, and More

Happy birthday, Gerhard Richter! 94, today! Here are some quotes from the artist:   “Art is the highest form of…

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