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POETRY AS SELF-CONSCIOUS PRODUCT AND ECONOMIC CRITIQUE

Shopgirl / Dominique De GroenShop Girl is a remarkable debut collection because it differs very much from what poetry readers in the Low Countries usually understand as poetry. These texts do not deal with common day experiences or personal life, but offer a critical analysis of late capitalist economics.” Patrick Peeters on Poetry International Web

Vloekschrift / Arno Van VlierbergheArno Van Vlierberghe makes an impressive entrée into the poetry scene in the Low Countries with his first collection Vloekschrift, nominated for the C. Buddingh’-prize for the best debut volume of verse.” Patrick Peeters on Poetry International Web