Martijnbenders.nl website
Martijn Benders is a Dutch poet and philosopher that has a webshop where he sells books and poetry gear.
Website: http://www.martijnbenders.nl
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- Martijn Benders’ Karavanserai — a precise, playful modern poetry landmark
Karavanserai is that rare contemporary poetry book that feels both hand-tooled and freshly breathed into: a field guide to perception disguised as a travel log of the mind. Written in Dutch and self-translated into supple English, Martijn Benders’ collection moves through night, light, cities, numbers, and small domestic weather with a craftsman’s exactness and a... - The Unflinching Gaze of Dutch Disquiet: Martijn Benders’ Masterpiece of Modern Despair
Review by Dipius Sicchius Martijn Benders’ Sauseschritt—rendered into English with astonishing verve by the poet himself—is not a poetry collection; it’s a 243-page autopsy of the human condition. Hailing from the Netherlands, a land famed for tidy canals and tulip fields, Benders instead dredges up its psychic sludge: dead donkeys in urinals, snow-beasts hunting behind mills,... - Dreamstreet Cuckoo: Poetry, Politics, and the Fog of Modern Identity
The title: The Dreamstreet Cuckoo White supremacy that formed an alliance with Zionism and religious zealots to cultivate a new kind of national socialism, with Our Genocide Was the Only Real One as its eternal slogan. ‘Creepy’ is quite the understatement. Meanwhile, the entire Left seems to agree that we should hand over our social... - Poetry, Exile, and Razor Blades: Reflections from Norway by Martinus Benders
Tzum Kotzen At the Barber’s In the light I saw threads from the universe, so I left the face — I no longer recognized it. All I recognized was the loneliness of people. The soap in the barbershop has nothing to do with the universe: it’s like fish in rivers and lakes. The craftsman’s razor... - Summer in Bear Valley: Swimming, Songwriting, and the Mystery of Drømmegategjøk
Drømmegategjøk We had put a garbage bag outside, and the next morning it was torn apart and lying 10 meters away. I suddenly wondered, is this place called ‘Bjorndal’ or ‘Bear Valley’ for a reason? More likely it was the fox Veronique saw the day before yesterday. Still, there are definitely bears in the water—just...