Reading – BIG OTHER

From the Archives: Acqua Alta, by Jane Ciabattari

Happy birthday, Jane Ciabattari! Celebrate by reading this Ciabattari fiction we published September 27, 2019! From inside you…

Soft Eclipse It was indirection—without direction—which is what we called mystery. As though it were an event. But, now,…

Happy birthday, Flannery O’Connor! Here are some quotes from the author’s writing: “If you know who you are,…

Jacob Singer: The Psychotic Dr. Schreber is a hybrid text of fiction and literary theory, which is a genre you’ve been…

Happy birthday, Akira Kurosawa! Here are some quotes from the filmmaker: “To be an artist means never to…

Happy birthday, Slavoj Žižek! 71, today! Here are some quotes from his writing. “Words are never ‘only words’;…

Every day is World Poetry Day! Happy World Poetry Day! In celebration, here’s a collection of poetry I’ve published…

We are excited to announce the finalists for the 2019 Big Other Book Award for Nonfiction. The winner will…

Bee Wing & John are in like & it’s a stair well infat uation. John: Look, I found ixora, flower…

Happy birthday, Stéphane Mallarmé! Here are some quotes from his writing. “The world was made in order to…