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Writer’s Block Wants You! Editorial Board Vacancies — CLOSED
Read more: Writer’s Block Wants You! Editorial Board Vacancies — CLOSEDAs 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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Passionately Curious: So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish
Read more: Passionately Curious: So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish“It’s the end of the world as we know it – and I feel fine.” – R.E.M. It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine). As Chaucer (reportedly) said rather long ago: “All good things must come to an end.” It seems that this is indeed the case for…
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From the Books to the Social Justice Warriors: The Muggles of Dumbledore’s Army
Read more: From the Books to the Social Justice Warriors: The Muggles of Dumbledore’s ArmyWe all know that there is something about books that changes you – perhaps only for a little while, when you are reading the book. In other cases the influence of a book, or several books, stretches much farther than “just” the appreciation for a story. Sometimes, books activate people to do great things –…
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Recent Ouija: Lamenting Between Artifice and Reality
Read more: Recent Ouija: Lamenting Between Artifice and RealityAlthough the majestic works of Henri Matisse have been luring numerous visitors to the Stedelijk Museum, it is its basement that confirms the experimental and contemporary course that the museum has set out to follow when Beatrix Ruf took up position as director last November. Titled Recent Ouija, the exhibition of the works of Ed…


