Reading – BIG OTHER

August 2, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

James Baldwin on Art, Life, Writing, Reading, and More.

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

August 1, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Herman Melville on Life, Books, Truth, Originality, and More.

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

July 30, 2020July 30, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

William H. Gass on Art, Writing, Sentences, Reading, Literature, and More.

Happy birthday, William H. Gass! Here are some quotes from his books, interviews, etc. “Naturally the artist is an…

July 25, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Elias Canetti on Astonishment, Reality, Writing, Books, and More.

Happy birthday, Elias Canetti! Here are some quotes from the writer: “Relearn astonishment, stop grasping for knowledge, lose…

July 24, 2020 - Archives, Birthday, Poetry, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Four Poems, by Elaine Equi

Happy birthday, Elaine Equi! Celebrate by reading these four Equi poems we published on May 28, 2019! —John Madera, Editor…

July 15, 2020 - Books, Reading, Review, Writing

On Poetry, Community, and Heroes: Reading Tyrone Williams

By Jill Darling In “Reviewing Reviewing: Ethos and Praxis,” published in Big Other in April 2019, Tyrone Williams reflects…

July 14, 2020 - Birthday, Film, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Ingmar Bergman on Art, Love, Film, and More.

Happy birthday, Ingmar Bergman! Here are some quotes from the film director: “I don’t want to produce a…

July 10, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Marcel Proust on Art, Love, Memory, and More.

Happy birthday, Marcel Proust! Here are some quotes from the writer: “Love is space and time measured by…

July 6, 2020 - Birthday, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Frida Kahlo on Art, Life, Death, Painting, and More.

Happy birthday, Frida Kahlo! Here are some quotes from the artist: “I am a mixture.” “I am…

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020 - Featured, Podcast, Politics, Reading, Writing

Jamming Their Transmission, Episode 19: Conversation with Jasmine Syedullah

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