Poetry salon: poëticafe
Poëticafe is a brand-new quarterly salon dedicated to poetry, public exchange and collective reflection, in collaboration with Poetik Bazar. The initiators are Alara Adilow, Frank Keizer and Filip Rogiers. The first edition will welcome three guest poets: Asha Karami, Dominique De Groen and Luke Allan.
salon
Poëticafe is a brand-new quarterly salon dedicated to poetry, public exchange and collective reflection, in collaboration with Poetik Bazar. It offers a fixed venue for readings, lectures and discussions with poets and thinkers. The initiators are Alara Adilow, Frank Keizer and Filip Rogiers. As a literary salon is all about exchange, the audience is encouraged not only to listen, but also to reflect and discuss, in an appropriately intimate setting. The first edition will take place under the aegis of Poetik Bazar and will welcome three guest poets: Asha Karami, Dominique De Groen and Luke Allan.
the authors
In addition to writing, Asha Karami works as a youth doctor, yoga teacher and as a ring doctor at martial arts galas. She debuted her poems in nY and Poëziekrant in 2017 and has since published in several literary journals, including Het Liegend Konijn, Terras, Revisor, Tirade, De Gids, Samplekanon and Ooteote. Her debut collection Godface was published by De Bezige Bij in 2019. She received the Charlotte Köhler Stipendium as well as nominations for Herman de Coninck Prize, Grand Poetry Prize and E. du Perron Prize.
Dominique De Groen (b. 1991) is a writer and visual artist. She published the poetry collections Shop Girl(2017), Sticky Drama (2019), Sacrificial Lamb (2020) and Snakes (2022) with the publisher Het Balanseer. Furthermore, her work has appeared in several national and international magazines, among others. She was awarded the Frans Vogel Poetry Prize 2019 and the Audience Award of the PrixFintro Prize for Literature 2021. She was also nominated for the Poetry Debut Prize Aan Zee 2018 and the Herman De Coninck Prize 2020.
Luke Allan is a British writer. He is editor of Oxford Poetry magazine and author of Sweet Dreams, the Sea (Poetry Society of America, 2024). For his poetry and non-fiction, he has received the Charles Causley Award, the Mairtín Crawford Award, the Ivan Juritz Award, the Westerly Life Writing Award and the Chapbook Award from the Poetry Society of America. His work has also been shortlisted for the National Poetry Competition and the Fitzcarraldo Essay Prize, and has appeared in TLS, Literary Review and Poetry, among others. In September, he will be writer-in-residence at Passa Porta.
the initiators
Alara Adilow (1988) is a Dutch poet of Somali descent. A finalist in the NK Poetry Slam in 2019, she has been published in several Dutch literary magazines and was selected for a queer art residency at the Arnhem Museum.
Frank Keizer (1987) is a poet, translator and literary critic. He studied Dutch and general literature at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), where he is currently doing a research master's degree in Dutch literature. In 2012, he published the booklet Dear world, fuck off, ik ga golfen (Dear world, fuck off, I'm going to play golf). Together with Maarten van der Graaff and Daniël Labruyère, he co-founded the literary platform Samplekanon. He has been a regular contributor to the literary magazine Parmentier and is a regular contributor to the website De Reactor. With Samuel Vriezen, he is currently translating the collection Disaster Suites by American poet Rob Halpern, to be published under the title Rampensuites by Perdu.
Filip Rogiers (1966) is the author of novels, short stories and non-fiction. As a journalist, he has reported on social issues for many years.
Pictures: Asha Karami © Ed van Rijswijk,
