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Schrijvers, dichters en denkers delen hun gedachten over brandende kwesties in de Winternachten festival-tracks. (English below) Writers Unlimited brengt auteurs én hun publiek jaarlijks samen in het Winternachten internationaal literatuurfestival Den Haag (27e editie 16-19 juni 2022), in de Writers Series (gespreksprogramma's op meerdere locaties in Den Haag), en in de Podcast. Tijdens die ontmoetingen wisselen ze hun literaire werk, hun ervaringen, dromen en ideeën uit. Over grenzen van culturen en talen en in een informele sfeer.
Writers, poets and thinkers share their ideas about burning questions in Winternachten festival tracks. Writers Unlimited connects authors with their audiences across cultures and countries: during the annual Winternachten international literature festival The Hague, in the Writers Series - monthly meetings at several The Hague locations and in the Podcast.
Listen to our podcast A Short Guide to Meat, in which Winternachten programme maker Joëlle Koorneef talks to Ruth Ozeki, the Japanese-American author who has written about meat like no other. My Year of Meats (1998) is a humorous but very critical novel about, among other things, the meat industry. It was a true sensation. In the book, a raw comparison is made between woman and meat, with two plotlines that are slowly woven together. Thinking about the objectification, sexualization, and consumption of both meat and women's bodies comes together in this novel.
This podcast will help you navigate through the program ‘Meat:Woman’ on the 16th of June 2022 during the Dutch literary festival Winternachten 2022. Ruth Ozeki’s novel My Year of Meats was a major inspiration in thinking about connections between meat and women.
In this podcast episode, we hear from Ruth Ozeki how she gained inspiration for My Year of Meats as a TV producer and through her work on gory horror film sets. Further, Ozeki reflects on questions such as: What role does activism have in literature? And how does the writer look back on her venture into meat over 20 years later, quite a few steps further into the vegetarian revolution? Ozeki is not attending our festival, but her work was a great inspiration for one of the festival programs this year. Therefore, we are honoured to have this substantive conversation about meat, women, and female flesh.
Credits:
Host and editor: Joëlle Koorneef
Guest: Ruth Ozeki
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Discussed in this episode:
The novel My Year of Meats (1998) by Ruth Ozeki
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In de podcast Wat zullen ze zeggen, Meltem? gaat Meltem Halaceli op zoek naar het verhaal achter gendergerelateerd geweld. In Turkije, het land waar haar ouders vandaan komen, maar ook in de rest van de wereld neemt geweld tegen vrouwen en moord op vrouwen toe. Tegen deze achtergrond gaat Wat zullen ze zeggen, Meltem? in drie afleveringen dieper in op feminisme, literatuur en de toenemende druk op fundamentele vrouwenrechten.
In aflevering 1 van Wat zullen ze zeggen, Meltem? gaat Meltem Halaceli in gesprek met haar eigen moeder, die in Turkije de roerige jaren 70 en 80 meemaakte. De feministische beweging heeft haar gevormd, en op haar beurt is Meltem weer sterk gevormd door de feministische ideeën van haar moeder. Ook komt de geschiedenis van de Turkse vrouwenbeweging aan bod, in een gesprek met Bertil Emrah Oder, decaan rechtsgeleerdheid aan de Koç Universiteit in Istanbul. Ondanks het toenemende geweld, is de vrouwenbeweging namelijk sterker dan ooit.
Genoemd in deze aflevering:
- Nazim Hikmet - wereldberoemd geworden door o.a. zijn dichtbundel Mensenlandschappen
- Duygu Asena - De vrouw heeft geen naam
- Maxim Gorki - De moeder
- Betty Smith - A tree grows in Brooklyn
- Nihat Behram- Darağacında üç fidan
Credits:
- Host: Meltem Halaceli
- Gasten: Müfide Halaceli & Bertil Emrah Oder
- Audio-editor: Alma Apt
- Geproduceerd door: Writers Unlimited
- Muziek: 'Yuh Yuh' van Selda Bagcan
- Illustratie: Zarlasht Zia
Wat zullen ze zeggen, Meltem? is een Writers Unlimited podcast, die in aanloop naar het Winternachten internationaal literatuurfestival 2022 wordt uitgebracht. Op het festival vindt op vrijdag 17 juni als onderdeel van de podcast een livegesprek plaats – tickets zijn nu te koop via winternachten.nl.
Philosopher and author Simon(e) van Saarloos once again seeks depth in a remarkable conversation and, with Simon(e)s typical carefulness, asks very accurate questions. Listen how the American poet, essayist and author Claudia Rankine (Just Us: An American Conversation, Citizen: An American Lyric) is increasingly withdrawn from the podcast conversation and gets more and more involved. Enjoy the reading by poet Rosabelle Illes in which she responds to the conversation.
In the second Writers Unlimited podcast, philosopher and writer Simon(e) van Saarloos invites the New York-based poet, performer, visual artist, and educator Pamela Sneed for an Asterisk conversation – “een sterretjesgesprek”. Asterik conversations expand and overlap, trusting that different themes and threads interweave and cross, influencing each other. The asterisk resists the idea of core business, of a single issue struggle (Audre Lorde) or truth with a capital T. As Jack Halberstam writes in Trans*: the asterisk refuses to “situate transition in relation to destination, a final form, a specific shape, or an established configuration of desire and identity”.
The Asterisk Conversations features each episode a writer overseas and invites a maker based in The Netherlands to create a new work in response. This way, each podcast ends with the beginning of a new conversation. And this time it was very obvious that we should invite Jolyn Phillips to respond. Jolyn is a writer, poet, composer, singer and activist. Her 2016 debut collection of short stories, Tjieng Tjang Tjerries, received critical praise, was shortlisted for the University of Johannesburg Prize for best debut, and won the NIHSS Prize for best fiction. Phillips herself adapted the stories for the stage. More of her poems and short stories have appeared in various magazines and anthologies.
Credits The Asterisk Conversations #2 | Writers Unlimited Guests: Pamela Sneed & Jolyn Phillips Host: Simon(e) van Saarloos Editor: Ilonka Reintjens Audio editor: Jörgen Gario Unom JG Transcription: Terry Ezra Thanks to: Robin Vinck
In the first Writers Unlimited podcast, philosopher and writer Simon(e) van Saarloos invites the internationally-beloved storyteller and Professor of Creative Writing Nalo Hopkinson for an Asterisk conversation – “een sterretjesgesprek”. Asterik conversations expand and overlap, trusting that different themes and threads interweave and cross, influencing each other. The asterisk resists the idea of core business, of a single issue struggle (Audre Lorde) or truth with a capital T. As Jack Halberstam writes in Trans*: the asterisk refuses to “situate transition in relation to destination, a final form, a specific shape, or an established configuration of desire and identity”.
The Asterisk Conversations features each episode a writer overseas and invites a maker based in The Netherlands to create a new work in response. This way, each podcast ends with the beginning of a new conversation. And this time it was very obvious that we should invite Tirsa With to respond. Tirsa With is an audio-storyteller, and she builds on the traditions of her Maroon Surinamese heritage which taught her the importance of multiplicity of voice and the way audio creates space for this. Tirsa has decided to respond with her story on the questions that Nalo and I share on non-linear time.
Credits The Asterisk Conversations #1 | Writers Unlimited Guests: Nalo Hopkinson & Tirsa With Host: Simon(e) van Saarloos Editor: Ilonka Reintjens Audio editor: Jörgen Gario Unom JG Transcription: Terry Ezra Special Thanks: Mitchell Renardus