Sayonara Stutgard

(Netherlands, 1988) writes poetry and short stories. She studied Dutch language and literature and lives, as she herself says, mostly in her own library, although she also regularly works in the Utrecht Library. "There is an acute shortage of topical literature that does justice to the diversity of the Netherlands. To ensure that all readers can recognize themselves, the book trade must seek out a balance of stories," she wrote in a Dutch newspaper column. She co-founded the intersectional, feminist publishing house Chaos, which strives to bring more diversity to the Dutch literary scene. She also works as an editor and completed her first translation of a picture book (De binnenkant van mij - original title Skin Again - by bell hooks, published by ROSE stories). Stutgard's work has appeared on Cipher Magazine and Samplekanon, in the magazine nY and, of course, with Chaos publishers.