The season of lilacs is monstrous Jombii Jamborii Met zijn nieuwe dichtbundel Komijnsplitsers

Met zijn nieuwe dichtbundel Komijnsplitsers zet Marieke Lucas Rijneveld opnieuw een grote stap in zijn dichterschap

zoals in conventionele romans

” a sentiment that crests in the book’s title poem before alighting

The volume concludes on the other side of the mirror with ‘Face of Rhythm’

The season of lilacs is monstrous Jombii Jamborii Met zijn nieuwe dichtbundel KomijnsplitsersFrancesca Kritikos The season of lilacs is monstrous is a study in contradictions: candied almonds that break teeth, lilacs that can't be milked, getting the things you want then breaking them like glass. Francesca Kritikos writes hunger and gluttony, violence and power, sex and shame with equal parts care and severity. Brutal in their precision and cutting in their spareness, these poems hold beauty and love and all that one sanctifies up to the