Reading – BIG OTHER

Bob Dylan on Art, Writing, Poetry, Chaos, and More

Happy birthday, Bob Dylan! 81, today! Lucky to have seen this trickster and consummate artist perform live many times…

Happy Arrival Day, Sun Ra! Here are some quotes from the composer and musician: “I think of myself…

Happy birthday, Lucie Brock-Broido! Here are some quotes from the poet. “I, abstract, adoring, distant / And unsalvageable.”…

Happy birthday, Stanley Elkin! Here are some quotes from his books and interviews: “Make a thing that never…

Happy birthday, Thomas Pynchon! 85, today! Here is Against the Day‘s Jesse’s school essay on “What It Means to…

Happy birthday, Annie Dillard! 77, today! Here are some quotes from her writing: “Write as if you were dying. At…

By JC Holburn As the invasion began in Ukraine and all manner of opinions gushed in, I kept wondering— “What…

Inspired by Ai Weiwei’s manifesto for life and creativity, which I chanced upon this morning, I drafted this manifesto for…

Happy birthday, Rikki Ducornet! 79, today! Addressing “our culture’s disdain for the artist,” Rikki Ducornet in my podcast with…

Or, Epic Outtakes from The Maze of Transparencies: Penelope and Ulysses, a Virtual Love Story By Karen An-hwei Lee …