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May.20.2013
I have been away attending the PEN Conference together with three other colleges from Pen Belgium Dutch speaking. The conference was extra-ordinary: we were catered for in a health good way, also vegetarians have been taken into account. The day's were long and the discussions and presentations...
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Mar.11.2013
MICHAEL MOORE: I have followed this case for a very long time and the idea of how we incarcerate people in this country. Millions tonight sit in prison. And Leonard is there for a crime that he didn’t commit and has served 37 years, enslaved in a pen. What will history write about us in how we...
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Feb.22.2013
This is an invitation to you, if you are an author reading this. If you are not already member of your local Pen, consider joining and as a second step consider volunteering for their Writers in Prison Committee. From Pen International (situated in London) is the following brief overview for last...
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Jan.29.2013
Last Saturday Pen-Flanders held its yearly general assembly. The meeting was open, yet well organized. The chairperson, David Van Reybrouck held the reigns and gave every one space. The authors Geert Van Istendael and Dirk Verhofstadt who gave the keynote speeches were to the point and very...
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Nov.30.2012
A couple of times per year I organize a literary salon. Living on the 12th floor on the b-side of the building it is clear that the name had to be salon 12b. The view is exceptional and people love to come. Usually there will be food and homemade cakes (Rose's apple cake is famous and An's cheese...
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Nov.17.2012
Last night a powerful manifestation about freedom of speech and the state of human rights took place in Mechelen, Belgium. It was co-organized by Pen -Flanders and Passa Porta. Different writers spoke or read about related subjects: Chris De Stoop read about emotional rights. The premise was...
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Nov.10.2012
We have the luxury of living in freedom, to enjoy free speech and freedom of expression. My small way of 'giving' is my commitment in WIPC-Flanders. here I offer a short overview of what was discussed last night.
A small but dedicated group from the WIPC-Flanders gathered last night to discuss the...
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Oct.04.2012
At the beginning of this year I sat down determined to write and complete my first novel. With a pen in hand I found a quiet place and began writing ideas, when something interesting happened. Out of nowhere, but obviously divinely placed, the words Human Trafficking ...
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Sep.13.2012
Yesterday it was Leonard Peltier's birthday. Two dear friends, Unciya and Hakata, run the Flemish Leonard Peltier Chapter and decided to do something for his birthday. So in a small literary café Den Hopsack a reading was organized based on his prison writings My Life is My Sundance. Of course...
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Jul.05.2011
What could be more patriotic than being an outspoken American and taking part in the democratic process?
When Rosa Parks got sick of being treated like a second class citizen…when she got good and tired of waiting for people to do the right thing, she didn’t stop and file legal papers,...
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