Palimpsest Press
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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NEW! Alfabet/Alphabeta memoir of a first language |
alfabet / alphabet is the record of Sadiqa de Meijer’s transition from speaking Dutch to English. Exploring questions of identity, landscape, family, and translation, the essays navigate … | Sadiqa de Meijer | 160 | 2020 | View |
From NEW! accent/accentFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
This chapter is a reflection the author’s mother’s Dutch lessons. | Sadiqa de Meijer | 4 | 2020 | $0.40 Add |
From NEW! bitter/bitterFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
A poem in Dutch and English | Sadiqa de Meijer | 2 | 2020 | $0.20 Add |
From NEW! chronisch/chronicFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
This chapter explores what Dutch sounds like to English speakers. | Sadiqa de Meijer | 4 | 2020 | $0.40 Add |
From NEW! draak/dragonFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
In this chapter, the author looks back on her time as an ESL student. | Sadiqa de Meijer | 5 | 2020 | $0.50 Add |
From NEW! elders/elsewhereFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
This chapter explores language in the context of Dutch and English colonialism | Sadiqa de Meijer | 3 | 2020 | $0.30 Add |
From NEW! flits/flashFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
In this chapter, de Meijer writes about Dutch as the language of her inner world. | Sadiqa de Meijer | 4 | 2020 | $0.40 Add |
From NEW! gastarbeider/guest labourerFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
The author confronts conflicting feelings about the aesthetics of the Dutch language. | Sadiqa de Meijer | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
From NEW! heimwee/homesickFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
The author and her partner deal with a Neo Nazi during a trip to the Netherlands | Sadiqa de Meijer | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
From NEW! ik/IFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
The alphabet in Dutch, along with a helpful guide. | Sadiqa de Meijer | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
From NEW! juli/JulyFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
The author recalls a trip to England, and her father’s struggle with depression. | Sadiqa de Meijer | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
From NEW! kennis/knowledgeFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
A passage from Genesis. | Sadiqa de Meijer | 5 | 2020 | $0.50 Add |
From NEW! liefde/loveFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
The author reflects on her migration to Canada, and her first encounters with poetry. | Sadiqa de Meijer | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
From NEW! Mio/MioFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
The author recalls a trip to buy bread, and the power of names. | Sadiqa de Meijer | 5 | 2020 | $0.50 Add |
From NEW! natuur/natureFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
This chapter examines the poems of Ida Gerhardt. | Sadiqa de Meijer | 7 | 2020 | $0.70 Add |
From NEW! oud/oldFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
On the chronic abstraction of using a language learned after childhood. | Sadiqa de Meijer | 3 | 2020 | $0.30 Add |