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What’s in a name?

In Blog on 18 August 2005 tagged birnie with no comments

At least a history. The shields of Birney (left) / Birnie (right) appear somewhat weird to me – maybe funny to you – having these three legs underneath the bow and arrow. They look somewhat different, but in fact they are similar. What’s in a shield? At least a story.

According to family documents 1473-1733, [...]

Het buigsyndroom

In Blog on 15 August 2005 with no comments

Rudy Kousbroek merkte eens op dat veel frustraties van Europeanen ten opzichte van de Japanners terug te voeren waren, of zouden kunnen zijn, op een diepgeworteld racisme. Ik weet niet meer waar ik dat las, hoogstwaarschijnlijk in Het Oostindisch kampsyndroom (Amsterdam, Meulenhoff: 1992). Irritant tot zeer hinderlijk in de verhalen van Europeanen, en van [...]

Writers on writing

In Fiction on 14 August 2005 with no comments

Some time ago, 2000, we had Indian Summer, I attended the Sixth Short Story Conference in Iowa, USA. Writers, critics, teachers, translators and students gathered around to discuss the genre of the short story in English. Writers came from all over the world; the experience was great, even great enough to write about in [...]