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1/5040, by Cao Kou

Translated from the Chinese by Chen Zeping and Karen Gernant Note from the author: This story comprises seven parts…

We imagine the lives of the silent. It’s impossible not to. I was at the zoo, at that time…

Happy birthday, Denise Levertov! Here are some quotes from the writer: “to go / just that much further, beyond…

Translated by Rachel Galvin You say that insisting on this is a mistake. You always say it. We understand…

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Cole Swensen! Celebrate by reading these Swensen poems we published in 2025! And then read…

Happy birthday, Ursula K. Le Guin! Here are some quotes from the writer: “To learn which questions are unanswerable,…

He liked bird dogs, with their handsome pedigrees and soft mouths. Fine heads, high strung, spots of liver, their…

Happy birthday, Oscar Wilde! Here are some quotes from the imaginative subversive: “[A]ll sentences are sentences of death.”…

Happy birthday, Italo Calvino! Here are quotes from the writer: “What makes lovemaking and reading resemble each other…

Happy birthday, Michel Foucault! Here are some quotes from the philosopher and historian: “But couldn’t everyone’s life become a…