The online journal Big Other turns 10 this year. Tony Trigilio checked in with Big Other founder John Madera for a look back at the last decade, thoughts on the current state of literature, and what the future of Big Other might hold.
Morning Bites: NBCC Award Winners, Lee Rourke, Big Other at 10, Isaac Fitzgerald, and More
In our morning reading: the winners of the National Book Critics Circle Awards, new writing by Isaac Fitzgerald, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Nina MacLaughlin, Publishing and Politics, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Benedek Totth Excerpted, and More
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Nina MacLaughlin, where publishing and politics converge, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Rachel Cusk, Margo Jefferson Nonfiction, Revisiting “Mezzanine,” and More
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Rachel Cusk, new essays by Margo Jefferson and Isaac Fitzgerald, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Maggie Nelson Interviewed, Gabriel Blackwell’s Latest, Flash Fiction Revisited, and More
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Maggie Nelson, great books by immigrant writers, revisiting Gabriel Blackwell’s “Madeleine E.,” and more.
Afternoon Bites: Colson Whitehead, Neil Gaiman’s Mythology, Nick Cave’s Latest, and More
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on Colson Whitehead’s new novel and Nick Cave’s new album, fiction by John Madera, and more.
Morning Bites: Amber Sparks, Morgan Parker Interviewed, Fall Book Preview, Alan Vega’s Legacy, and More
In our morning reading: interviews with Amber Sparks and Morgan Parker, a preview of fall books, and more.
Went to: “On the Well-Tempered Sentence” at The Center for Fiction
Posted by Tobias Carroll The Center for Fiction, located on East 47th Street, is a modest eight-story building with a small bookstore in the front and event spaces, book collections, and writing rooms on ascending floors. I was there on this particular night to attend an event titled On the Well-Tempered Sentence, assembled by John Madera (the writer and critic behind, among other projects, Big Other). Madera hosted, providing lengthy introductions of each of the four panelists that also served […]