Category: News

• Banana-Danger: Just the Facts

  November 3, 2015

  

    On the language of the news and telling stories Quick! Look behind you. There’s an explosion, and someone is furiously backflipping over crocodiles, while at the same time clutching three incredibly small animals in one hand and performing an unbelievable interpretative dance of her religious beliefs with the other. Meanwhile, the stock market has…

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• Writer’s Block #26

  October 30, 2015

  

  We are so, so excited to present to you the first Writer’s Block of this academic year: Writer’s Block #26. This issue is all about revolution, something that has been very prominent at the UvA this year, with lots of submissions from our own editorial board as our own little rebellion! So sit back, grab…

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• A (Summery) Literary Dispatch from the Stars

  July 13, 2015

  Hello my lovelies, long time no see! It’s me again—WB’s very own anonymous in-house astrologist—with the latest from the stars. The summer holidays are here and those who haven’t compiled their summer reading lists need not worry. Here I am with a reading forecast perfectly fitted to every sign’s needs and curated by the alignment…

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• Writer’s Block #25

  May 19, 2015

  

  With great pride (and a tinge of sadness) we bring to you our final Writer’s Block issue for this academic year: Writer’s Block #25. And of course, being an anniversary issue, it features a lot of cake. So go ahead, dive on in! Free cake guaranteed!* Click here for the online version of WB #25.…

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• Writer’s Block Wants You! Editorial Board Vacancies — CLOSED

  May 12, 2015

  

  As some of our lovely editors are leaving to pursue their dreams and academic careers elsewhere, Writer’s Block is looking for some new editors to join our editorial board! From September on, you’ll be editing poetry, prose, essays and other literary works with the aim of making each issue of Writer’s Block one worth reading.…

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