The Urban Poet

London-based artist and urban poet, Robert Montgomery has a preference to hijack advertising space to put up his own text, intended to make the commuter stop and think for a moment. A type of Continue reading →

The Bechdel/Rabin Factor

I want to introduce something new, or better yet propose a hybrid between the Bechdel test and Nathan Rabin’s Manic Pixie Dream Girl (MPDG). First a definition of terms: – Continue reading →

Meeting Jeffrey Eugenides

A couple of weeks ago I went to a Q&A with Jeffrey Eugenides - on the occasion of The Marriage Plot - at the Singelkerk, Amsterdam, held by the John Adams Institute. Continue reading →

‘The Marriage Plot’ – Jeffrey Eugenides

bought it yesterday and love it! can’t wait to finish reading it.

Waiting for the new Jeffrey Eugenides’s novel

Can’t wait it is almost out and the PR-machine as buzzing. My favourite living – I must stress the living part – writing is coming with a new novel The Continue reading →