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Claire Polders


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    The Truth About Knowing

    Femke knows it’s not sex. They’re still enjoying each other’s bodies, and he never smells of anything but himself. She trusts her nose, her hunter’s sense. It’s not sex.

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    What You Have Heard Is True

    What You Have Heard Is True by Carolyne Forché is one of these books everyone should read. Even if you normally don’t read memoirs. Even if you’re not that interested in repression and resistance.  I chose this book because I’d…

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    Of Lace and Limitations

    Outside the Rembrandt café was a tramp, a woman with the haunted look of the long-term unlucky. She was wrapped in layers of flannel and wool and sat hunched on the stoop, smoking a cigarette, blowing her breath against her…

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    Koh Phi Phi and Koh Lanta

    We swam, we drank coconuts, we read, we wrote. And after a week of beach, we moved to Koh Lanta Old Town, a place that used to be the island’s main port and trading hub, and is now a laid-back…

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    Guidelines for Non-Americans on Writing a Classic American Story

    Put a character in a house with a porch and a yard, and call the place old, even though less than two centuries weigh it down. A picket fence is useful, along with a crabapple tree. Mention alcohol abuse or…

  • Wander, Wonder, Write

    Artist Residency: Casa Tagumerche

    Casa Tagumerche is a special place. The house runs on solar power and is surrounded by a garden of palms, cacti, citrus trees, and herbs. There's a pond in which koi splash and jump as though to greet you. The…

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About Me

  • ‣ Currently in: A Secret Location
  • ‣ Arrived from: Vietnam
  • ‣ Next destination: Unknown
  • ‣ Born in: the Netherlands
  • ‣ Blogging since: 2005
  • ‣ Novels Published: 5

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