Unsubtle Dream
I dreamed I was living in a dystopian world in which culture had become suspicious and men were not allowed to read anything unless it was written by a woman. I recently re-devoured Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Often, my dreams…
The Mindreader
The always amazing Hobart published my short short “The Mindreader” as their web feature today. “I am a woman of discipline, which is to say: I don’t act at random. But I once slept with a mindreader on a whim.” >>…
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,…
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…
Diary of a Bad Year by Coetzee
In Diary of a Bad Year, Coetzee narrates the story of an elderly writer who meets a young woman in the communal laundry room and asks her to type out his essays. The book itself is interlaced with these essays…
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…