Katrina Vandenberg

Stories from Katrina Vandenberg

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Mainstream, typical, and predictable: adjectives that do not even begin to describe Christian Bök. Instead, imagine a poet who would spend hours down in his basement designing a new brand of nerve gas to be sprung on the population. However, instead of chemicals, he uses the viral thing called language.

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Green is the colour of grass. However, in some cases green is the colour of clover, plantain, thistles, and dandelion leaves staking their claim in your lawn. Green is the colour of the mower which clips a centimetre off each blade of grass once, sometimes twice a week. Green is the colour of the garden hose and sprinkler system that waters  the lovely lawn, ensuring that it stays green and continues to grow. Green is the colour of envy as you look over your fence and realize neighbour Joe's lawn is so thick and green.