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September 18, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Politics, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“You rebel not only for what you can achieve, but for who you become.”

Happy birthday, Chris Hedges! 63, today. Here are some quotes from the writer. “There will be rebels. They…

September 17, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“It is in tune with the tempo of life — scattered yet welded into the whole, — broken, yet woven together.”

Happy birthday, William Carlos Williams! Here are some quotes from the writer. “My first poem was a bolt…

September 17, 2019 - Featured, Fiction, News, Nonfiction, Poetry, Reading, Writing

Announcing Big Other’s Best of the Net 2019 Nominations!

We are pleased to nominate the following fiction, poetry, and nonfiction pieces for inclusion in Sundress Publications‘s Best of…

September 9, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“A real work of art destroys, in the consciousness of the receiver, the separation between himself and the artist; nor that alone, but also between himself and all whose minds receive this work of art.”

Happy birthday, Leo Tolstoy! Here are some quotes from the writer. “I know that my unity with all…

September 4, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“The artist must bow to the monster of his own imagination.”

Happy birthday, Richard Wright! Here are some quotes from the writer. “All literature is protest.” “I would…

August 31, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“And yes, it’s all a story and it’s the same story and all we can do is tell it how we see it, feel it, and sing it.”

Happy birthday, Robert Lopez! Listen to our recent podcast with Lopez; and read “The Future Home of the Wymans,”…

August 26, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“‘What good is a writer if he can’t destroy literature?'”

Happy birthday, Julio Cortázar! Here are some quotes from the writer. “In quoting others, we cite ourselves.” …

August 24, 2019August 24, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“Reality is not always probable, or likely.”

Happy birthday, Jorge Luis Borges! Here are some quotes from the writer. “I have always imagined that Paradise…

August 24, 2019August 24, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“If those in charge of our society…can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power.”

Happy birthday, Howard Zinn! Here are some quotes from Zinn. “To be hopeful in bad times is not…

August 22, 2019August 22, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“I am influenced by words and the chewiness of language.”

Happy birthday, Annie Proulx! 84, today! “I read omnivorously, I always have, my entire life. I would rather…