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From the Archives: Follies, Ruins, Ducks, by Michael Martone

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Michael Martone! Celebrate by reading “Follies, Ruins, Ducks,” which we published in 2025! Follow that…

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…

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Brian Evenson! Celebrate by reading his essay on Robert Coover’s fiction, which is featured in…

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,…