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Notes: ‘I wish we were a little cat’ got published in issue 15 of The Dillydoun Review. Unfortunately, this online magazine has since then ceased to exist. ‘Ed. 2023’ got published in the 2024 online issue of Punt Volat.
Benne van der Velde is a poet, bad playwright, former rapper/average singer and more. Always needing more. After thoroughly enjoying the Dutch slam poetry scene in the early and mid 2000s (wins in 7 cities + eventually a place in the Nationals of 2012) and performances at the Lowlands- and Parade festivals a/o, Benne successfully made the transition from the stage to paper by signing his first publishing deal etc, etc, etc.