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Chris Kraus on I Love Dick, art and literature

26 mei 2016 tot 26 mei 2016

With her book I Love Dick, first published in 1997, American author and filmmaker Chris Kraus wrote a radical and passionate account of a woman and her great love, Dick. As a manifesto for a new kind of feminism, it generated both controversy and sheer adoration when it came out. To honour the first Dutch translation of the book, Kraus talks to young writers Niña Weijers and Maarten van der Graaff, May 26th, 5 p.m. in Spui25. Poet Lieke Marsman will start the program with a tribute to I Love Dick.

About the speakers

Chris Kraus is an experimental filmmaker, writer and publisher for the Native Agents series (MIT press). Her novels include Aliens & Anorexia and Torpor and Summer of Hate, but her most renowned novel still remains I Love Dick. Although her work has been published in many languages, I Love Dick will appear in Dutch for the first time May this year.

Niña Weijers (1987) studied literary theory in Amsterdam and Dublin. She's a regular contributor to the weekly magazine De Groene Amsterdammer and an editor of De Gids. Her debut novel De consequenties was published in May 2014. It won the Anton Wachterprijs 2014 for best first novel, and was shortlisted for the Librisprijs and the Gouden Boekenuil.

Maarten van der Graaff (1987) debuted in 2013 with the poetry collection Vluchtautogedichten. In 2014 this collection was awarded the C. Buddingh’-prize. Dood werk, his second collection, appeared in spring of 2015. Van der Graaff published poetry and prose in various journals and has performed in many theatres. He is editor and co-founder of the online literary magazine Samplekanon.

Lieke Marsman (1990) is a poet, living and working in Amsterdam. Her first collection of poetry, Wat ik mezelf graag voorhoud, appeared in 2010. It won the C. Buddingh'-prize (amongst others). Her second collection of poetry, De eerste letter, appeared in January of 2014.

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