One-third of the finalists for the awards are small press books. Bravo, N.B.C.C.! While I’d love to see Paul Beatty’s…
Big Other’s Birthday Tribute to William H. Gass, 2012
It’s probably too easy a move to begin my very brief remarks about Gass’s use of architecture as a metaphor…
Jane Ciabattari’s “Literary Pillars”
The books I treasure explore the nature of time and “reality,” integrate non-domestic external realities with the personal realm, startle…
Best of 2010, Part 3
This post features lists by four fine writers: Jane Ciabattari, Jen Michalski, David Peak, and Lia Purpura. And when you…
Big Other Contributors’ News #5
Lily Hoang will be reading in New York City on Dec. 2 with Uwem Akpan & Juan Felipe Herrera for…