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    Hoe de muur onder mijn handen verkruimelde

    Short story in the anthology: 25 onder de 35, verhalen van jonge, veelbelovende Nederlandse en Vlaamse schrijvers. (25 under 35, stories by young, promising Dutch and Flemish authors.) Editors: Said El Haji and Annelies Verbeke Publisher: Uitgeverij Prometheus Prose by (among others): Abdelkader Benali,…

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    The Era of TV series

    We arrived by elevator on a moon-shy night. Two pretty boys in ripped and burned-out T-shirts led us into an anteroom where a doctor was sliding on medical mittens. She was tugging at the latex with her teeth. We were…

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    Zwarte Piet / Black Pete

    It’s Sinterklaastijd in Holland. Literally this means “The period of Saint Nicolas” – not to be confused with Santa Claus. In reality it’s an excuse for throwing all dietary restrictions out of the window. Children and adults alike are consuming…

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    Short Story + Essay (Translated)

    The French magazine Deshima published a personal essay and a short story of mine in French translations.    The essay  “Beauté” is about the differences between French and Dutch people on how they perceive, value, create, and stimulate beauty in all its variations. The…

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    Magical thinking

    On the ever inspiring TED site, I recently viewed the talk ‘The origins of pleasure’ in which Psychologist Paul Bloom investigates our love of art and wonders why we like an original painting better than a forgery. In his opinion…