Reading – BIG OTHER

December 4, 2021December 4, 2021 - Books, Reading, Small Presses, Writing

Most Anticipated Small Press Releases: September-December 2021

Here are some compelling September-December 2021 small press books that captured my attention, including Big Other contributor Edwin Torres’s Quanundrum:…

December 3, 2021 - Poetry, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Soft Eclipse, by Elizabeth Robinson

Happy birthday, Elizabeth Robinson! Celebrate by reading this Robinson poem we published last year! We also nominated it for a…

November 30, 2021 - Awards, Featured, News, Reading, Writing

Announcing Big Other’s 2021 Pushcart Prize Nominations!

We are pleased to nominate the following writing published in Big Other in 2021 for the Pushcart Prize: Sarah…

November 23, 2021 - Featured, Poetry, Reading, Writing

Two Poems, by Elizabeth Robinson

Wear Away Light makes light; day makes day. The endless panting of the dog owes nothing to heat or…

November 18, 2021 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Margaret Atwood on Writing, Language, Literature, and More

Happy birthday, Margaret Atwood! 82, today! Here are some quotes from the author: “A word after a word…

October 31, 2021October 31, 2021 - Birthday, Fiction, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: An Oblation, by Tobias Carroll

Happy birthday, Tobias Carroll! Carroll is also an inaugural Big Other Literary Citizenship Awardee. Celebrate by reading this Carroll fiction…

October 22, 2021 - Archives, Birthday, Poetry, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Two Poems, by Cole Swensen

Happy birthday, Cole Swensen! Celebrate by reading these Swensen poems we published in 2019!

October 18, 2021 - Archives, Fiction, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Letter, by Laurie Stone

Happy birthday, Laurie Stone! Celebrate by reading this Stone fiction we published in 2019! Letter I remember a…

October 15, 2021 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Italo Calvino on Writing, Reading, Memory, Cities, and More

Happy birthday, Italo Calvino! Here are quotes from the writer. “What makes lovemaking and reading resemble each other…

October 15, 2021 - Featured, Poetry, Reading, Writing

Four Poems, by Jessie Janeshek

The Descent of Louise Brooks Matches My Mood all the way back to the sad thirties westerns the progressive…