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Poetry That Wants to Live
24 August 2021
One hundred years ago, the Flemish expressionist poet Paul van Ostaijen wrote his masterpiece Bezette Stad (Occupied City). What does this old poetry collection still have to say to us in 2021? Dutch poet Iduna Paalman finds in the occupied city of Van Ostaijen the blueprint for the infected city of
Iduna Paalman: Keep Sterile, Do Not Prick
9 July 2020
This week's Friday Verses are written by Iduna Paalman. We translated Steriel houden, niet prikken (Keep Sterile, Do Not Prick). This poem was first published in Dutch in Het Liegend Konijn, a magazine for contemporary Dutch-language poetry.
Iduna Paalman: Maria de’ Medici Gets Ready
17 December 2019
At the request of the Flemish-Dutch House deBuren eighteen young Flemish and Dutch authors each brought a painting from the Rijksmuseum back to life. They wrote a new text about an old work from the Gallery of Honour, based on one key question: what do you see when you look at these paintings throug