‘Tevens hangen er elders in het museum schetsen van soldatenkleding van het leger van kolonel Sjaarda. De Vries bracht het leger op de been tijdens de grote Friese reünie in 2000. Dat veroorzaakte destijds zoveel opschudding, dat werd besloten de stekker uit het kunstproject te trekken.’

Dit stond gisteren te lezen in de Leeuwarder Courant naar aanleiding van de uitreiking van de Gerrit Bennerprijs aan Auke de Vries. Dit is geen correcte weergave van de feiten. Er is nooit besloten om ‘de stekker uit dit kunstproject te trekken’. Als projectleider van dit project ( ik was destijds artistiek leider van het Frysk Festival 2000) heb ik ook nooit met die gedachte gespeeld.… Lês fierder

IT’S EASY TO MISS the real scandal in Wild Nights with Emily, the recent Emily Dickinson biopic written and directed by Madeleine Olnek.

The movie focuses on Dickinson’s romance with her sister-in-law and next-door neighbor, Susan. Evidence of this romance was suppressed after Emily’s death — due to jealousy, homophobia, and fear of scandal. Of course, most people do not keep written records of their sexual activities, making it hard to prove who did what with whom, but the poet shared more of her work with Susan than anyone else, and an intense romantic connection is evident in their letters. Scholars have acknowledged their romance for decades, thanks largely to Dickinson critic Martha Nell Smith, to whom Wild Nights is dedicated.… Lês fierder

Wy libje yn in wrâld fan ego’s. IK fyn dit, IK fyn dat en IK haw gelyk. Sjoch mar, it stiet sels op Twitter!

Lês fierder by Omrop Fryslân… Lês fierder

Poetic Form Fridays are made to share various poetic forms. This week, we look at the quintilla, a Spanish five-line form.

Lês fierder by WritersDigest… Lês fierder

Wittenskiplik ûndersyk nei de Fryske taal, skiednis en kultuer bestiet al ieuwen. Dat begjint by midsieuske skiedskriuwers, ferhuzet nei it hôf fan de Nassaus en de universiteit fan Frjentsjer, fynt ûnderdak by it Frysk Genoatskip, efkes letter ek by it Frysk Selskip, en bedarret úteinlik yn 1938 yn in spesjaal foar dat doel oprjochte Fryske Akademy yn Ljouwert.

Lês fierder by Abe de Vries op Neerlandistiek… Lês fierder

We had the idea that in the Balkans we were on unknown territory, both geographically and culturally. We saw it as a never ending adventure, with new experiences with every kilometre we cycled. The moment we entered Hungary, something in this feeling changed. It was as the most adventurous part of our journey was done, and we now were back on more familiar surroundings where cycling, road quality, navigation and major cultural differences were becoming easier/less pronounced. We ourselves have had long (endless) discussions if this was the end of adventure, or what the notion of “adventure” is anyway.

Lês fierder by Geart Tigchelaar… Lês fierder

Fryske jagers sil ynkoarten it fjild yn om 150 damherten dea te sjitten. Damherten binne tige gefaarlike bisten, se frette blêdsjes fan de beamkes. En se brûke gjin kondooms, dus der komme tefolle fan. Stienmurden , dy’t ús libbene natuer opfrette, hiele nachten yn it lân op lytse ljipkes en skrieskes omkôgje, dêr mei we net oankomme. Unlogysk.

Lês fierder by Eelke Lok… Lês fierder