Psychologically, geographically, climatologically -- the Netherlands stands at the opposite pole from J.M. Coetzee's native South Africa, in the same way a wall-size landscape canvas differs from a ...

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A writer who was chosen to translate American poet Amanda Gorman’s work into Dutch has handed back the assignment following criticism that a white author was selected to translate the words of a Black ...

LAFAYETTE, Ind. − Poetry fans may remember Dutch artist Erik van Loon's trip across America last year, including a stop in Lafayette, on the "poetry train.” This Saturday, van Loon will be making ...

Spoken Word – a performance art where words are conveyed to an audience in poetry, rap or music – is powerful, accessible and diverse. Deborah Nicholls-Lee shines a spotlight on the emerging ...

“Unity in Diversity” sounds like a bad cliché – one of the many clichés plaguing the Eurocratic lingo – especially during formal speeches and events. Yet, the Dutch Embassy in Sofia has initiated – ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Maria Zijlstra: Marietta Elliott-Kleerkoper arrived in Australia in 1949 as an 11-year-old, quite ...

Any international who has survived one Sinterklaas season in the Netherlands is familiar with the dreaded Zwarte Piet debate. (If you’re not, David Sedaris can fill you in.) The pro-blackface Zwarte ...