It never reached the level of aesthetic. That’s like a craps shooter talking about his skill with dice. I was just hoping to get lucky.
Babelsprech International: Dutch Poetry, Part 1
While Dutch slam poetry has never been programmatic in a very explicit sense, much less political, it can be seen as a cultural force with the power to pry open the literary field.
Trifonova forces the reader to reassess the opinions and institutions that validate the knowledge we have both of ourselves and of others.
Dragon’s Breath and Other True Stories – MariNaomi
There is perhaps no more apt metaphor for the stories and vignettes in Dragon’s Breath than this: something that flares bright in your vision and lingers long after it’s extinguished.
Aidt perceives with great clarity the intricacies of relationships, not just romantic or sexual, though they are prominent, and she does it with an apparent cool distance.
Sing to me the beginning of all things.
I didn’t want to provide my reader with the solace of a comfortable laugh. I think the best laughs are ones we feel guilty about indulging in.
Mature Themes searches for pieces of people in the streaming media as if panning for gold.
A big octopus shows up and helps them, but the volcano is undeterred and continues moving forward.
Pop music is instead the soup we swim in, the fabric of your genes brushing on your knees.