This is an extract from the short story ‘Creative Writing’, first published in the collection Rustig aan, tijger (‘Easy, Tiger’) by Joost de Vries, (Das Mag, 2020)
‘What is it about Dutch literature?’ is the question presenter Rosie Goldsmith posed to a packed crowd at the London Tabernacle on Tuesday night. ‘Are the Dutch just very
Joost de Vries (b. 1983) studied journalism and history in Utrecht. Since 2007 he has been an editor and literary critic at De Groene Amsterdammer. He burst onto the Dutch literary
Dear Riveting Reviewers (and potential reviewers), To celebrate High Impact – Literature from the Low Countries, the focus of the European Literature Network’s Ja
