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Jens Meijen: The Undersigned declares to have been informed of the nature and methods of historiography
9 April 2021
Eighteen young Flemish and Dutch authors bring an artefact to life from the Slavery exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Jens Meijen wrote a poem inspired by a contract from 1706 between plantation owner Jonas Witsen and painter Dirk Valkenburg.
Jens Meijen: Luxury
8 April 2021
This week's Friday Verses are written by Jens Meijen. We translated Luxe (Luxury). This poem first appeared in Dutch in Het Liegend Konijn, a magazine for contemporary Dutch-language poetry.