Writing – BIG OTHER

Announcing the Finalists for the 2019 Big Other Readers’ Choice Award!

Several months ago, I asked a host of stellar writers to send me a list of their favorite books…

I wake up every night unable to open my mouth. I’m grinding my teeth in my sleep. My dentist…

Happy birthday, Gerhard Richter! 88, today! Here are some paintings by and quotes from the artist. “Art is…

Happy birthday, J. M. Coetzee! 80, today! Here are some quotes from the author: “Unimaginable perhaps, but the…

Happy birthday, Elizabeth Bishop! Here are some quotes from her writing. “Lose something every day.” “Oh, must…

Gravitas, an oval shape. We partially shot our windows, our idiot boxes so we don’t see your faces. The…

Happy birthday, Gabriel Blackwell! Celebrate by reading these two Blackwell essays we published March 7, 2019! Discipline After…

Happy birthday, William S. Burroughs! Here are some quotes from this writer’s provocative writing: “The word is now…

On the other side of the universe is a woman named Emily whose life I could’ve lived. She loves black…

Happy birthday, Robert Coover! 88, today, and still kicking fiction’s keister! Here are some quotes from a writer whose…