Please welcome Paula Bomer to Big Other. Paula Bomer is the author of Baby and Other Stories (Word Riot Press,…
So-Called Small Presses Dominate the N.B.C.C. Awards!
On Thursday, March 10, 2011, the National Book Critics Circle announced the winners of its book awards for publishing year…
A New Contributor at Big Other
Please join me in welcoming Curtis White to Big Other. Curtis White is the critically acclaimed writer of numerous books…
A Good Man Gives Me A Bad Man
Tonight, I went with Greg Gerke to an event honoring the ever-inimitable Stanley Elkin. After a short documentary of Elkin’s…
On “Deal with the Devil,” a Review by William Logan
A couple of weeks ago I twice read aloud Elizabeth Bishop’s complete poems, reveling in their wit, their unusual imagery,…
Internet Graffiti and Its Discontents
So, a friend sent this link to me. Clicking on the link, I discovered yet another one of these rather…
Reading Caponegro’s The Complexities of Intimacy: “The Father’s Blessing”
“The Father’s Blessing” is the longest story in The Complexities of Intimacy so far, and it’s a major comedic turn,…
Guest Post: Paula Bomer: On Tolstoy’s “The Devil,” David Foster Wallace’s Suicide, Give Sorrow Words: Maryse Holder’s Letters from Mexico, and Self-Control
The epigraph to “The Devil” quotes Matthew v. 28-30 regarding lusting after a woman (who is not your wife): “And…