27 December 2012. The review ‘Poetry for creative readers’ by Joost Baars on Rozalie Hirs’ poetry book gestamelde werken (Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Querido, 2012) has just appeared in Belgium’s foremost poetry magazine Poëziekrant 7-8/2012 (pp. 46-47), Poëziecentrum, Ghent, Belgium.
Joost Baars: “Her work goes straight into the cosmic noise and ultimately calls, above all, for action in utter subjectivity. Look, as you have been seen. Name, as you have been named. Make, as you are made. And read like a creator: stammering.”