Immen frege my oft ik al in kollum oer de Gysbert Japicxpriis skreaun hie. De man frege dat fansels om’t de gearstalling dêrfan diskusje oprôp. Ik sei dat ik dat net dien hie en dat ik dat ek net fan doel wie. Ik hie de ynstjoerde brief fan de fjouwer winners fan eardere Gysbert Japicxprizen wol lêzen. Sokke lju ha der ferstân fan, tink ik dan mar. Doe’t de foarsitter fan it Skriuwersboun der ek noch wat oer sei, fûn ik it hielendal wol bêst. “Se dogge mar”, tocht ik.

Likegoed liet dy fraach my net mear los. Ik fyn it ferfelend dat, no’t de sjueryleden bekend binne, ornearre wurdt dat dy net goed genôch binne.… Lês fierder

In three years, I’ve been enchanted, surprised and shocked by the stories told by women of all nations – and inspired by the solidarity they show.

Three years ago, when I set out to read writing by a woman from every country in the world, I had no idea of the ways in which this journey would surprise me, challenge me and, as life became smaller, sustain me.

Lês fierder by The Guardian… Lês fierder

Melancholie is eigen aan Harlingen, al is het moeilijk te benoemen hoe dat komt. De verwevenheid van stad en water zal er zeker iets mee van doen hebben. In elke steeg ruik je de zee. En als je het leven niet meer zit zitten, kun je altijd nog pierewaaien tussen de keien van basalt. Juist als het levenseinde nadert, steekt het verlangen naar Harlingen de kop op, zoals de noordenwind de ziel terugtrekt naar de oude haven, waar boten altijd weer binnenvaren en vertrekken. Obe Postma verwoordde het als volgt:

Lês fierder by Huub Mous… Lês fierder

Dyslexia is a disorder that can cause immense challenges for young people trying to learn how to read and write. In some instances, it can even affect the learning of mathematics or cause short-term memory problems. If left unaddressed, dyslexia can continue to cause complications in later life.

Current consensus suggests that dyslexia can be successfully managed, but not completely cured. Fascinatingly, some studies have found that learning the written language and alphabet of the Ancient Greeks can spur changes in brain development that help stave off the onset of dyslexia.

Lês fierder by Ancient Origins… Lês fierder

Meikoarten kinne wy wer te stimmen. Ik leau dat it noch noait sa yngewikkeld west hat as dizze kear. It makket nammentlik neat út op hokker partij jo stimme, der is trochrekkene wurden troch de offisjele ynstituten dat elkenien der by alle partijen op foarút gean sil. Jo sille dus nei oare dingen sjen moatte om jo stim te bepalen. En dan mar yn goed betrouwen ôfwachtsje oft ien en oar ek wat fertuten dwaan sil.

Earst efkes oer de proseduere. Der is in tige omfangrike lanlike kampanje dy’t seit dat wy trije dagen lang stimme kinne. Dat ha se sa útfûn om swak, sike en mislike lju de kâns te jaan net altefolle oare swakke, sike en mislike lju tsjin te kommen.… Lês fierder

In the spring of 1972, fascinated by the life and work of Franz Kafka, Philip Roth decided to visit Prague. He returned the following year to see how writers were managing to work under “conditions that were utterly alien to my own writing experience.” In preparation, he read as much as he could find of the work of contemporary Czech writers. He met and became friends with several writers, which led him to look for works in English translation by novelists working throughout Eastern Europe — still behind the Iron Curtain — since the end of World War Two.

Lês fierder by The Neglected Books Page… Lês fierder