Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass discusses various native North American cultures and their wisdom regarding coexistence in respectful reciprocity with nonhuman beings. Kimmerer’s insights of the significance of language systems in defining our perception of nonhumans, and thus our relationship with them, help to shed light on why this relationship is rather unbalanced in theContinue reading “The Language of Gratitude”
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Writer’s Block Giveaway 2021
We are thrilled to announce Writer’s Block Magazine’s first ever giveaway. The board has united its powers to curate a a bundle of beautiful prizes: -A €15 giftcard to Waterstones -A handmade Finnish pocket guru by Stella -A feel-good jar filled with inspirational quotes by Demi -A set of handmade earrings by Elis -A playlistContinue reading “Writer’s Block Giveaway 2021”
Flash Fiction Competition 2021 – Second Place: Pity
By Chaakir Benzina You had hoped to avoid me today. Pity.But we deserved each other, didn’t we? Of course. Misery is all we had in us. My coffee had gotten cold by the time we acknowledged it. Too fucking late. Now you’re staring at the window. Must be looking for something you couldn’t find inContinue reading “Flash Fiction Competition 2021 – Second Place: Pity”
Flash Fiction Competition 2021 – Third Place: Guidelines to Safely Using Your Murderous Tendencies
By Tiago T.I. Viergever Let me give you some advice, killer to killer. After all, that’s something we all have in common: We’ve all killed before. At one point or another each one of us, dear reader, has been guilty of some grizzly murder. Or do the critters, so unceremoniously crushed beneath your soles, notContinue reading “Flash Fiction Competition 2021 – Third Place: Guidelines to Safely Using Your Murderous Tendencies”
Independent and Dependant Antigua
An intersectional approach to the racist colonial hierarchies instilled within Antigua’s national identity Britain has irrevocably moulded the national identity of Antiguans. Europe has incessantly meddled with the inner workings of Antiguan society while profiting off of the people they deem as inferior. The inferiority that Britain established and that Europe at large perpetuates isContinue reading “Independent and Dependant Antigua”
Whose Body Is This?
Clutching the steering wheel of my mother’s car, my hands suddenly catch my attention, as if a ray of sun suddenly shone on the muddy backwaters of my mind and exposed the millions of microscopic particles floating in the constant stream of experience. The knuckles poking out like the rounded tops of an ancient mountainContinue reading “Whose Body Is This?”
Flash Fiction Competition 2021
“Let me give you some advice, killer to killer.” With this prompt, Writer’s Block is thrilled to announce the annual flash fiction competition! For a chance to be published in our next issue, send us your creation including the prompt – but remember, no later than May 1st at midnight (Central European time). Anxiously anticipatingContinue reading “Flash Fiction Competition 2021”
WB’s Black History Month Recommendations
March 1st marks the end of Black History Month in the United States (in the Netherlands, Black History Month is reserved for the month of October). A month that sheds a light on the accomplishments of Black people despite the many, many adversities and atrocities they had to push through and liberate themselves from. ThoughContinue reading “WB’s Black History Month Recommendations”
Call For Submissions
Did you create something? Does it deserve to be appreciated by a wider audience? Look no further. We at Writer’s Block are always on the edge of our seats to witness what magic minds can make. So, we hereby encourage you to share your masterpieces with us. We publish various genres of visual and literaryContinue reading “Call For Submissions”
An Infinite in Absence
Infinite Jest is incredibly well titled. There is an endless stream of extracts that put reading the text on pause because you recoil in laughter. To try to describe certain passages to someone who has never read Infinite Jest is like calling an emergency operator to inform them how your day has gone, with theContinue reading “An Infinite in Absence”
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