Joost Baars

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Poet. Poems in Dutch. My collection 'Binnenplaats' ('Enclosure') has received the VSB Poetry Prize. Some poems from it were translated in English, Greek, Arabic, Norwegian and Spanish (some examples in my links). I write essays, teach poetry writing, play vinyl, run, am an ex-drummer, have an interest in theology and love to cook. I am a bookseller at De Dolfijn, a great small bookshop located on the Haarlemmerdijk, the best shopping street in Amsterdam. Look me up! Toots in Dutch and English.
Poems in Englishhttps://www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poems/poets/poet/102-28819_Baars
Readings with subtitleshttps://www.joostbaars.nl/translations
Websitehttps://www.joostbaars.nl
Toots inEnglish and Dutch

Back in the #80s, it was pretty common to see illegal aliens eating people's cats.

#Debate
#Alf
#IllegalAlien
#EatingCats
#EatingCatsAndDogs
#PresidentialDebate
#KamalaHarris
#DonaldTrump
#Kamala
#Cat
#Cats

In #TheNetherlands today, we had a historic first. The first time a #FarRight politician was involved in the commemoration of the victims of #TheSecondWorldWar. #MartinBosma, left on the photo, once wrote that the #AnneFrank Foundation was involved in a scheme to blame the right for #naziism. It is a sad, historic day.

I am not much on here these days, but I just wanted to let you know that "Kick The Latch" by Kathryn Scanlan is the best novel I have read in years. An amazing text that defies all the pitfalls of the genre, and renews it like some classic novels have done, like I have never seen in my lifetime. Read it, if you have the chance.

#novels
#literature
#novel
#KathrynScanlan
#KickTheLatch

Almost four years since #covid_19 entered the world, but it still hasn't caught me yet. Thankful.

#corona
#pandemic

Are there people here that have recently took their #Brompton #bike on the #Thalys? I will be doing that in June, but the information about how to do it is confusing. For instance, the Thalys website says that a folded bike is considered as luggage when it is no more than 75x53x30, and Brompton is that... almost but not quite (it is 59x57x29). Also, some sites insist that the bike must be covered, yet I find pics of uncovered ones in the luggage slots everywhere. #Help! #NeedAdvice #DareToAsk

Stemmen? Dat doe ik deze keer in een voormalige socialistische bioscoop (en huidig superfijn theater). Geen betere plek om rood te stemmen.

#stemmen
#verkiezingen
#socialisme
#links
#rood
#StemRood
#StemRoodWieDanOok

Morgen #Verkiezingen in #Nederland. Voor mij zijn die in de loop der jaren veranderd in een deprimerende reminder aan het feit dat ons land bestaat uit een grote groep mensen die ervan overtuigd zijn dat zij hun geluk verdienen, en anderen hun ongeluk, en een grote groep mensen die in hun boosheid daarover stemmen op mensen die dat nog véél meer vinden. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Maar wees gerust hoor, ik ga #stemmen. Links natuurlijk.

Beste mensen, ik heb een opdracht voor jullie. Ontdek het oeuvre van Hedda Martens, een van de grote stilisten van de Nederlandse literatuur. Bijvoorbeeld met haar boek "Bij wijze van leven", zojuist mede namens mij bekroond met de #Biesheuvelprijs.

#KorteVerhalen
#KortVerhaal
#Literatuur
#Boeken