Copycat
Issue Fifty-One of SmokeLong Quarterly is out today and my story “Copycat” is featured within this great collection. Preview of “Copycat” That summer after Jan-Willem left me, I was after Jasper, a twenty-one-year-old surf instructor in Scheveningen who was always in…
Interview in SmokeLong Quarterly
Along with my story “Copycat,” SmokeLong Quarterly published this interview with me by Ariana Calvo. I’m curious to find out about your writing style. I understand that you write in different languages. Do you find one harder/easier to write in than…
Woman of the Week
Proud to have a story out in Matchbook this week. It happens to be one of my favorites. “On Monday, under the weight of routine, she’s nothing but sloppy and dull-eyed, like the unhappy housewives you see pushing shopping carts in…
The Tea Seller
The other day, I ran into my tea seller on the street. I recognized his face immediately yet it took me a moment to place the man. How exactly did I know him? I had never before encountered the tea…
Fraying
Today, in Atticus Review‘s Filtered Light issue, a short essay of mine was published. From “Fraying“: Give me another life and I’ll say all the right things at the right moments. >> continue reading >>
The Last Gift
Sixteen years ago, my father died. Today, Tin House published my flash memoir in defense of euthanasia as a tribute in The Open Bar. Preview of “The Last Gift” January 20th, 2000, The Netherlands Believe it or not, nobody objected. Not one of us…