Claire Polders grew up in the Netherlands and now roams the world. She’s the author of four novels in Dutch, co-author of one novel for younger readers in English (A Whale in Paris, 2018), and author of the flash-fiction collection Woman of the Hour: Fifty Tales of Longing and Rebellion (2025). Sign up for her Substack newsletter “Wander, Wonder, Write” to follow her on her journeys.
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Reflecting on the meanings of the Dutch verb “uitwaaien,” a writer finds more than a popular national sport of the Netherlands, including a h…
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