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Alchemical Rituals Against the Void: A Review of Tilghman Alexander Goldsborough’s Object 7

By Richard Hamilton Phenomenology happens along a continuum at the crossroad between chaos and the cosmos. By one account,…

Happy birthday, John Hawkes! Here are some quotes from the author: “‘Choice means variable, variable means discontinuity, discontinuity destroys…

Brian Evenson has been a meaningful presence in my literary life for many years, not only through my reviews…

We are pleased to nominate the following fictions for inclusion in Best Small Fictions 2027 (Black Lawrence Press): …

Happy birthday, James Baldwin! Here are some quotes from the writer: “Artists are here to disturb the peace.”…

Happy birthday, Herman Melville! Here are some quotes from his writing: “It is better to fail in originality,…

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Tim Horvath! Celebrate by reading this Horvath fiction (with music by Rafaele Andrade), which we…

Philoxenia Darling strangers populate my life, ones I love dearly, more than life herself—a prophet and a blind woman,…

Happy birthday, William H. Gass! Here are some quotes from his books, interviews, etc. Speaking of interviews, read my career-spanning…

Happy birthday, John Ashbery! Here are some quotes from his writing: “I too often feel like a person I…