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Category: Editorial

Two Month Theme: Palimpsest

Modern palimpsests keep popping up at me in the form of Instagram ads: little notebooks which promise to be the … More

Veerle de Jong received first place in the 2019 @onebook_onecampus contest. We thought Veerle wrote a wonderful story about a carefully constructed world that sutures heavyset themes such as xenophobia and mourning. The spectral presence that is felt throughout the story is subtle yet undeniable, and is but one of the aspects that resonates Smith’s writing. Congratulations to @veerle_xo on behalf of the Paratext Team! . . . . #paratext #onebookonecampus #shortstory #veerledejong #alismith #alismithautumn #fiction #spectral #specter #scarecrow #brexit #writersofinstagram

NEW TWO MONTH (JAN/FEB) THEME: Palimpest. Read all about what it means and how you can interpret it on the website! In the light of the palimpsest, and all that it can mean, we invite you to create something. Help us start the new year, the second year of ParatextMag, with some amazing new works. #literature #literatuur #utrecht #paratextmag #creativewriting #poetry #creatiefschrijven #poezie #photography #fotografie

OBOC #2 // Another great post today! Suzanne Korteweg is the first runner up in the UCU One Book, One Campus contest. Her short story Green Women is now up on the site. We thought Suzanne wrote a wonderful piece that responded well to Smith's style and subject. Green Women is a beautiful short story that charms from beginning to end. Let yourself be inspired by this creative response and let us know in the comments what or how it makes you feel ! 🍂 www.paratextmag.com . . . . #paratext #paratextmag #onebookonecampus #shortstory #alismith #alismithautumn #autumn #writersofinstagram #literature #literary #creative #writer #writing #suzannekorteweg #brexit #greenman #greenwoman #magicrealism

OBOC #3 // We have a very special post for you today! The second runner up to the @onebook_onecampus contest is up on the site. Sophie de Ruiter created a beautifully delicate embroidery that incorporated moments from Smith's Autumn, as much as it added a new story to it. Let yourself be inspired by this creative response and let us know in the comments what or how it makes you feel ! 🍂 link in bio! . . . . #alismith #paratext #onebookonecampus #embroidery #autumn #creative #paratextmag #response #fall #bystudents #ucu #creatorsofinstagram

Today's post, one by @juulkruse, is about wunderkammers, and what people in this day and age would put into their contemporary cabinet of curiosty. Gone are the days of taxidermied birds and dried plants. What would you put in your cabinet of curiosity? Link in bio! . . . #paratext #paratextmag #wunderkammer #cabinetofcuriosities #rariteitenkabinet #nonfictie #contemporary

New month, new theme! Read all about the hidden archives and Wunderkammers that each of us store somewhere on our attics and hard drives. What story will you create from your curiosities? Robin van den Brule raises questions about collection and display in a digital age and combines this with a small display of her own material, now on our website! Link in bio 💽 . . . . . #paratext #studentwriting #photography #creativewriting #nonfiction #opinionpiece #archives #wunderkammer #chamberofcuriosity #rariteitenkabinet #creatiefschrijven #columns #fotografie #mixedmedia

New perennial post! Een kort verhaal van @marlongiliane, over veranderingen en verwachtingen, herkenning en herhaling. Check out this true autumn read through the link in our bio! Photo: OnderDeEijk #shortstory #kortverhaal #studentwriting #prosa #paratext #perennial #herfst #tijd #verwachtingen #veranderingen #herkenning #herhaling #studentplatform

Today's short story by @vos.pauw brings us a dialogue between different generations, cars, the difficulty of familial relations, and lemons. Have a read now, and ask yourself, where do I stand? Link in bio! . . . . . . . #paratextmag #paratext #academiaetcetera #writing #schrijven #shortstory #short #verhaal #literaryplatform #perennial #cars #mazda #red #creativewritings #utrecht #studentplatform #kortverhaal

Autumn is a novel about storytelling brimming with stories, and a novel about painting full of images. In Autumn one finds, among many other things, the Brexit referendum, pop-art, life and death, friendship and love, and – of course - falling leaves. What does reading Autumn make you think about? What does it make you see? What does it make you want to say? Write, paint, draw or photograph a creative response to Ali Smith’s Autumn and you can win up to € 250,- and publication of your entry in Paratext! You have until the 27th of October to submit your response! #onebookonecampus #alismith #autumn #literature #creative #universitycollege #uu #paratext

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