Few exceptions aside, the most compelling, challenging, absorbing literary art is being produced by small presses and their respective writers.…
A David Bowie of Literature?
Is there a David Bowie of literature?—such an asinine question, as dumb as asking, “Is there a Virginia Woolf of…
A Guide to My Writing Here at Big Other (reposted)
It’s my three-year anniversary at Big Other, and I’m feeling nostalgic, so I thought I’d repost this guide that I…
Harry Mathews Roundtable
The Quarterly Conversation has posted a roundtable on the great Harry Mathews, including essays by Dan Visel and Ed Park …
Dalkey Archive Press
Until I make my pilgrimage to Champaign, this realtor-walkthrough video of Dalkey Archive’s warehouse (squired by founder John O’Brien, no…
In Memory of Raúl Ruiz (a guest post by Jeremy M. Davies)
These are the days that try cinephiles’ souls, and I suppose one may give one’s penchant for hyperbole a little…
Azazel with tail X-Men First Class
For over two weeks now, this picture’s been getting a lot of hits here at Big Other: 364 total page…
Reading Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, part 7
Seventeen years have passed since my last installment in this series, so let’s at last sit down and write some…
A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies: X-Men: First Class
A D: Much like how you hated The Tree of Life, Jeremy, I hated Bryan Singer’s two X-Men films. Hated…
A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies: The Tree of Life
[By now it was late. The three stars were dimpling the sky. The baby raccoon was crying for its milk…