November 23, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, WritingGuy Davenport on Art, Style, Fiction, Poetry, and More Happy birthday, Guy Davenport! Here are some quotes from the writer: “Reality was the keener for being fugitive,… Read More
November 20, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, WritingDon DeLillo on Writing, Language, Life, Death, and More Happy birthday, Don DeLillo, maestro of maestros! 86, today! Meeting and three times speaking with Don DeLillo at “Coover-fest”… Read More
November 18, 2022January 15, 2023 - Awards, News, Reading, WritingAnnouncing Big Other‘s Nominations for Best Microfiction 2023! We are pleased to nominate the following fictions for inclusion in Best Microfiction 2023: Tina May Hall’s “The Extinction Museum… Read More
November 16, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, WritingJosé Saramago on Art, Life, Writing, Death, and More Happy birthday, José Saramago! Here are some quotes from the author: “Perhaps it is the language that chooses… Read More
November 15, 2022August 28, 2023 - Anthology, Archives, Featured, Poetry, Reading, WritingFive Poems, by G. C. Waldrep Night 553 Small hawk of days beneath the red sail, rusty red of blood once shed, now dried— is only… Read More
November 12, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, WritingRoland Barthes on Language, Writing, Love, Style, Literature, and More Happy birthday, Roland Barthes! Here are some quotes from the author: “There is only one way left to… Read More
November 5, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, WritingJohn Berger on Art, History, Politics, and More Happy birthday, John Berger! Here are some quotes from the writer: “The past grows gradually around one, like… Read More
November 1, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Politics, Reading, WritingEdward Said on Culture, History, Criticism, Imperialism, and More Happy birthday, Edward Said! Here are some quotes from Said’s books, interviews, etc.: “We can not fight for our… Read More
October 31, 2022August 29, 2023 - Birthday, Fiction, Reading, WritingFrom the Archives: An Oblation, by Tobias Carroll Happy birthday, Tobias Carroll! Carroll is also an inaugural Big Other Literary Citizenship Awardee. Celebrate by reading this Carroll fiction… Read More
October 27, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, WritingSylvia Plath on Poetry, Silence, Dying, and More Happy birthday, Sylvia Plath! Here are some quotes from her writing: “The blood jet is poetry, / There… Read More