Writing – Page 2 – BIG OTHER

“The language of literature must be…the language of transgression, a rupture of individual systems, a shattering of psychic oppression.”

Happy birthday, Susan Sontag! Here are some quotes from the writer: “Literature is dialogue; responsiveness. Literature might be…

Happy birthday, Martin Luther King, Jr.! “I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the…

Celebrate Big Other’s 10th Anniversary tonight at #YeahYouWrite, one of NYC’s best literary events! Held in a “dark and…

Happy birthday, Lorrie Moore! 63, today! “I try to start a project with at least a small sense…

Happy birthday, Edmund White! 79, today! “[T]here’s more to contemporary literature than American coffee-cup realism.” “The novel…

Happy birthday, Haruki Murakami! 71, today! Here are some quotes from the writer: “All words I use to…

Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Nik De Dominic! Today also marks the publication of Dominic’s Goodbye Wolf (The Operating…

(with appreciation for Italo Calvino) The City of Serena In the beautiful city of Serena, every old woman wears…

Happy birthday, Nicholson Baker! 63, today! Here are quotes from the writer: “I woke up thinking a very…

Happy birthday, Zora Neale Hurston! Here are some quotes from the author: “If writers were too wise, perhaps…