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October 14, 2025 - Birthday, Books, Reading, Writing

Happy 69th Birthday, Lance Olsen!: 69 Reasons to Celebrate Lance Olsen

  I’ve had the deep pleasure of knowing literary genius Lance Olsen for at least sixteen years now; and within…

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April 1, 2025 - Birthday, Nonfiction, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Always Arriving a Little Too Early: A Nocturne, by Pedram Navab

  Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Pedram Navab! Celebrate Navab’s birthday by reading this Navab essay we published in 2019!…

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October 14, 2024 - Birthday, Books, Reading, Writing

Happy 68th Birthday, Lance Olsen!: 68 Reasons to Celebrate Lance Olsen

  I’ve had the deep pleasure of knowing Lance Olsen for at least fifteen years now; and within that time,…

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April 1, 2024April 1, 2024 - Birthday, Nonfiction, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Always Arriving a Little Too Early: A Nocturne, by Pedram Navab

  Happy birthday, Big Other contributor Pedram Navab! Celebrate Pedram Navab’s birthday by reading this Navab essay we published in…

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October 14, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Reading, Writing

Happy 67th Birthday, Lance Olsen!: 67 Reasons to Celebrate Lance Olsen

  I’ve had the deep pleasure of knowing Lance Olsen (for at least fourteen years now), reviewing his work, interviewing…

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October 14, 2022January 15, 2023 - Birthday, Books, Reading, Writing

Happy 66th Birthday, Lance Olsen!: 66 Reasons to Celebrate Lance Olsen

  I’ve had the deep pleasure of knowing Lance Olsen (for at least thirteen years now), reviewing his work, interviewing…

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April 1, 2022 - Birthday, Nonfiction, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: Always Arriving a Little Too Early: A Nocturne, by Pedram Navab

  Happy birthday, Pedram Navab! Celebrate Pedram Navab’s birthday by reading this essay we published in 2019!   It would…

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February 4, 2021February 23, 2021 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Robert Coover on Writing, Reading, and More

  Happy birthday, Robert Coover! 89, today, and still kicking fiction’s keister! Here are some quotes from a writer whose…

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March 6, 2020March 6, 2020 - Birthday, Fiction, Reading, Writing

From the Archives: The County Coroner, by Sarah Blackman

  Happy birthday, Sarah Blackman! Celebrate by reading this Blackman fiction we published March 5, 2019!   Dr. Hoff says:…

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February 4, 2020July 27, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Robert Coover on Writing, Reading, and More

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

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