Bart Kuipers

Bart Kuipers writes short stories, screenplays, verse and code in Dutch and English. His fiction and poetry have appeared in several magazines in The Netherlands and The United States. His screenplays have been produced for Dutch and German public television.

  • Yes, I started blogging

    Yes, I started blogging

    What’s moving to another country without keeping a blog? Yes, it is a cliché, but I promise, I’ll try to filter out the obvious observations as much as I can – big coffee cups, big portions, big cars (the keyword’s big here) – to hopefully get to something more insightful quicker. I’ve been meaning to […]

  • My American dream

    My American dream

    I’m admitted to the Creative Writing MFA of Boston University! Yes, I secretly applied, and no, I didn’t tell many people, because I didn’t think I stood much of a chance. I still can hardly believe it, but I’ll start in the Fall of 2017 and will be in Boston for two semesters and a […]

  • Christmas in Seoul

    Christmas in Seoul

    I’ll be spending Christmas and New Year’s in Korea! Coming month I’m invited to be a writer in residency at the Seoul Art Space Yeonhui, a small artists colony in the center of the capital. A great chance to continue working on my novel and meet a lot of Korean writers. I can’t wait!

  • Resident Bart

    Resident Bart

    I’m invited to the Martha’s Vineyard Writers Residency in October! The Noepe Center for Literary Arts awarded me the Carol Wagner Smith Scholarship to do a two week residency in Edgartown, Massachusetts. I’m thrilled to be given the chance to work on my English stories. Finally I have the perfect excuse to be back in […]

  • A Dutch short story with a girls’ name

    A Dutch short story with a girls’ name

    Yesterday I published my short story Jantine on the Dutch blog Hard//Hoofd. The illustration was made by Dutch artist Lune van der Meulen, and I think it captures the awkwardness of the story perfectly! The introduction reads: ‘The first high school love affair, the first kiss, de first break-up: everybody has vivid memories of these […]

  • Newborn in print

    Newborn in print

      A few months ago my short story Mister Hobson’s Mustache got selected by Writer’s Digest for publication in their 16th Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition Collection and today I got the book. My very first publication in English! Isn’t it beautiful? And, coincidentally, also my very first publication in print. Two milestones all […]